Penne col Sugo di Tonno e Peperoni

The tuna and cream sauce for fettuccine taught me that canned tuna makes a much finer sauce when you do not cook it. Here I follow the same principle in a sauce whose emphatic flavor forms a more congenial alliance with factory-made pasta than with homemade pasta.

Roasted peppers are insaporiti—made savory—over a lightly sautéed flavor base of olive oil and garlic. Parsley and capers are added, the heat turned off, and the crumbl