Name: Pasta al tonno in bianco (Pasta with tuna)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: salt and freshly ground black pepper; 300 g/10½ oz best-quality tuna preserved in olive oil, drained and crumbled; 4 tbsp capers; grated rind of ½ unwaxed lemon; 350 g/12 oz gomiti; 150 ml/5 fl oz/⅔ cup extra virgin olive oil; 4 tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley; 1 garlic clove, finely sliced

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

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Anna Del Conte on Pasta

By Anna Del Conte

Published 2015

About

This is one of the many recipes for pasta with tuna. It is called ‘in bianco’, meaning ‘white’, because it doesn’t contain tomatoes. It was created by my daughter and I was so impressed that I had to pass it on, hoping you will like it. It is ideal to dress a bowl of gomiti or fusilli.

Ingredients

350 g/12 oz gomiti
150 ml/5 fl oz/⅔</

Method

Cook the pasta in boiling salted water.

While the pasta is cooking, heat half the oil in a large frying pan and, when hot, add the garlic, half the parsley, the capers and lemon rind. Cook for a minute or two and then stir in the tuna, salt and pepper. Cook for a further 2 minutes, breaking up the tuna as much as you can with a fork.

When the pasta is ready, drain and transfer i