Name: My Father’s Sunday Spaghetti with Tuna Fish Sauce (Spaghetti med Tunfiskesovs)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Danish
Ingredients: 6 basil leaves, torn; 3 tbsp tomato ketchup (or more for sweetness; especially for the kids); 200 g (7 oz/2 cups) freshly grated Parmesan cheese; 1 onion, very finely chopped; 1 tsp pink Himalayan salt or sea salt; 400–500 g (14 oz–1 lb 2 oz) tuna fillets in olive oil (I like Brindisa Ortiz and use 2 × 220 g (8 oz) jars); drizzle of olive oil; 2 tbsp tomato purée (paste); basil leaves, to garnish; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) dried spaghetti; 3 tbsp olive oil; 300 ml (10 fl oz/1⅓ cups) single (light) cream; 300 ml (10 fl oz/1¼ cups) tomato passata; freshly ground black pepper; 2 tsp salt; 1 clove of garlic, very finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cook Yourself Happy

By Caroline Fleming

Published 2017

About

All my life, this has been a very popular and deeply loved special family dish – and when we were very lucky, it wasn’t just served on Sundays! Today, each of my family have their own way of making this, but all inspired by my father’s original dish, which he learned from his family’s cook when he was a child. I love this, and hope you and your family and friends will love it too… It truly is my father in a dish.