Spicy Tuna Pasta with Chilli & Cherry Tomatoes
Deliciously simple, this spicy tuna pasta with cherry tomatoes, cream and chilli is so good and only takes 15 minutes.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 x 160g tinned tuna
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 250g ripe cherry tomatoes
- 50g tomato puree
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1/2 tsp mild curry powder
- small pinch of dried chilli flakes
- 250g paccheri pasta (fat, wide rigatoni almost - use rigatoni if you can't find!)
- 70g parmesan
- 80g double cream
- handful of parsley, finely chopped
Instructions
- Get your pasta into salted boiling water and cook until al dente.
- Meanwhile, take a frying pan and add the olive oil to the pan over medium-high. Add in the crushed garlic and cook for 30 seconds before adding the tomatoes. Season well and cook for a few minutes until they start to burst, mash them gently with a wooden spoon.
- Then add add the tuna along with its oil from the tin, the tomato puree, curry powder, and chilli flakes. Season generously with flakey salt and a lot of black pepper.
- Turn down on a medium heat and allow to cook for about 5 minutes until everything has softened and it's looking more like a sauce. Keep smooshing the tomatoes Add the cooked pasta and a good glug of pasta cooking water (important). Add the parmesan and double cream and toss well to combine.
- Taste and season. Add the chopped parsley and stir.
- Plate up with lots more parmesan on the top a drizzle of olive oil and enjoy!
Notes
Make sure you use tuna in oil for the best results.
If you want it spicier, add more chilli flakes!
Find it online: https://desertislanddishes.co/spicy-tuna-pasta/