Name: Tuna and rocket pasta
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 150 gram spaghetti; 185 gram can tuna in olive oil; 1/2 cup quartered cherry tomatoes; 1/2 thinly sliced small red onion; 1/4 cup black olives; 1 tablespoon toasted pine nuts; zest 1/2 lemon; 2 teaspoon dijon mustard; 1 crushed garlic clove; 50 gram baby rocket leaves; crusty bread, to serve

Tuna and rocket pasta

Tuna, tomatoes and olives come alive in this tasty spaghetti dish.

Serves 2

Prep

10M

Cook

10M

Total

20M

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Ingredients

150 gram spaghetti

185 gram can tuna in olive oil

1/2 cup quartered cherry tomatoes

1/2 thinly sliced small red onion

1/4 cup black olives

1 tablespoon toasted pine nuts

zest 1/2 lemon

2 teaspoon dijon mustard

1 crushed garlic clove

50 gram baby rocket leaves

crusty bread, to serve

Method

1.Cook spaghetti in a large saucepan of boiling, salted water, following packet instructions. Drain well. Return to pan.

2.Drain tuna, reserving oil – set aside for dressing. Flake tuna into pasta with cherry tomatoes, red onion, black olives and toasted pine nuts. Set aside.

3.Make dressing by whisking juice and lemon zest into reserved tuna oil with Dijon mustard and crushed garlic clove. Season to taste.

4.Toss baby rocket leaves through pasta with dressing. Serve with crusty bread.

This is also great with shredded chicken.
Note

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