Name: Tuna and olive pasta
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 500 gram spiral pasta; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 onion, chopped; 2 crushed garlic cloves; 800 gram can diced tomatoes; 4 anchovy fillets, chopped; 1 teaspoon sugar; 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder; 425 gram can tuna, drained and flaked; 1/2 cup kalamata olives; 2 tablespoon capers; 50 gram baby spinach; crusty bread, to serve

Tuna and olive pasta

Serves 4

Prep

15M

Cook

12M

Total

27M

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Ingredients

500 gram spiral pasta

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 onion, chopped

2 crushed garlic cloves

800 gram can diced tomatoes

4 anchovy fillets, chopped

1 teaspoon sugar

1/2 teaspoon chilli powder

425 gram can tuna, drained and flaked

1/2 cup kalamata olives

2 tablespoon capers

50 gram baby spinach

crusty bread, to serve

Method

1.Cook pasta in a large saucepan of boiling salted water following packet instructions, until al dente.

2.Heat olive oil on medium and saute onion and garlic cloves for 2-3 minutes, until tender. Stir in diced tomatoes, anchovy fillets, sugar and chilli powder. Simmer for l0 minutes. Carefully mix through tuna, olives and capers.

3.Heat gently for 1-2 minutes. Toss sauce through pasta, adding spinach. Serve with crusty bread.

If liked, use passata in place of diced tomatoes. If you have basil in the garden, use it in place of the spinach.
Note

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