If you're looking for a quick and easy weeknight dinner that's packed with flavor, look no further than tuna puttanesca. This classic Italian dish is typically made with tuna, tomatoes, olives, capers, and anchovies, and it can be ready in under 30 minutes. The combination of briny, salty, and tangy flavors is sure to tantalize your taste buds, and the tuna provides a lean and healthy source of protein. Whether you're a seasoned cook or a beginner in the kitchen, this recipe is sure to become a favorite.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
TUNA AND FARFALLE PUTTANESCA
Canned tuna is good for more than just sandwiches. Italians use it to give substance to their pasta dishes.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Seafood Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Bring saucepan of salted water to boil. Pour oil in large skillet; place over medium heat. Add garlic and onions; saute until onions are translucent, about 8 minutes.
- Meanwhile, cook pasta until al dente, about 11 minutes. Add tomatoes, juice, capers, rosemary, and olives to onions; add salt and pepper to taste. Raise the heat to medium high, and cook until tomatoes are heated through, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain pasta; transfer to large serving bowl. Add sauce, tuna, and parsley; toss gently to combine.
PENNE WITH TUNA PUTTANESCA
This recipe for a delicious Italian simple supper is courtesy of actor Joe Pantoliano.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Seafood Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil over medium-high heat. Add salt and drizzle with oil; return to a boil. Add pasta, stirring, until water returns to a boil. Cook until al dente, according to package directions.
- In a large skillet, heat 1/4 cup oil over medium-high heat. Add garlic and cook until lightly browned and fragrant, about 1 minute. Add anchovies and cook, stirring and mashing with the back of a spoon, about 1 minute. Add capers, celery, olives, and artichokes; cook, stirring, about 1 minute. Add tomato sauce and cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce has thickened, 5 to 10 minutes.
- In a medium nonstick skillet, heat remaining tablespoon olive oil over medium-high heat. Add tuna and cook until browned on all sides. Transfer tuna to sauce and continue to cook until heated through, about 8 to 10 minutes. Season with red pepper flakes.
- Drain pasta and add to sauce; stir to combine. Transfer to a large serving platter and serve immediately with freshly grated cheese.
TUNA PUTTANESCA
Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 13m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Place a large pot of water over high heat and bring up to a boil. Salt the water and cook penne to al dente.
- Meanwhile, heat a large skillet with 3 turns of the pan extra-virgin olive oil over medium heat. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes, cook a minute or 2, then add tuna and break it up with your spoon. Add olives and capers, cook a minute or 2 more, then add vermouth or white wine; stir and cook down a minute. If using whole tomatoes, place a colander over a bowl, crush up tomatoes with a wooden spoon, then add tomatoes and their juice to pan. Otherwise, stir in diced tomatoes and juice. Add parsley, zest and black pepper, then simmer the sauce a couple of minutes more.
- Add a couple of ladles of starchy pasta-cooking water to the sauce. Drain pasta, add to the skillet and toss to coat. Serve with some nice crusty bread.
BLOND PUTTANESCA (LINGUINE WITH TUNA, ARUGULA AND CAPERS)
Garlic, anchovies, capers and tuna come together in this briny, tomato-less take on the classic pasta puttanesca. The sauce is prepared while the pasta cooks, so you can get dinner on the table in no time. If you want to go the extra mile, roughly chopped green pitted olives would be a nice addition, as would topping the dish with toasted panko bread crumbs tossed with lemon zest. Go ahead, drink that glass of falanghina while you're cooking.
Provided by Colu Henry
Categories dinner, lunch, weekday, weeknight, pastas, seafood, main course
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook until it is just under al dente, about 7 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 1/2 cups of the pasta cooking water.
- While pasta cooks, make the sauce: Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add garlic and red-pepper flakes and cook until garlic is pale golden, about 1 minute. Add anchovies and capers and cook until anchovies have melted and capers begin to brown slightly, about 1 to 2 minutes.
- Turn heat to medium. Ladle a 1/2 cup of reserved pasta water into the skillet and bring mixture to a simmer. Cook until mixture is reduced by about half, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add in arugula and ladle in an additional 1/2 cup of pasta water, tossing together until wilted. Increase heat to medium-high and scoop pasta directly in to the skillet tossing with sauce until well coated. Add tuna to pasta and toss again until it is just warmed just through, about 1 minute. Ladle in an additional 1/4 cup pasta water or more, to loosen up sauce and toss again. Sprinkle parsley over pasta and toss again. Season with salt and pepper.
- Serve in bowls, with flaky salt, a squeeze of lemon, additional parsley and red-pepper flakes, if desired.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 489, UnsaturatedFat 10 grams, Carbohydrate 67 grams, Fat 13 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 26 grams, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Sodium 573 milligrams, Sugar 3 grams, TransFat 0 grams
INSTANT POT® TUNA PUTTANESCA
"Nana's Tuna Puttanesca Sauce with Spaghetti Pasta" by Diana71 has long been a favorite dish of mine, and one I regularly turned to when I had canned tuna, but this time when the craving hit, I only had frozen tuna steak. Instant Pot® to the rescue! I chose to cook my pasta separately from the sauce. Serve with crusty bread, if desired.
Provided by thedailygourmet
Time 45m
Yield 2
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and select Saute function. Heat olive oil in the pot. Add onion and garlic; saute until softened and fragrant, about 4 minutes.
- Add spaghetti sauce, diced tomatoes, and broth; stir to combine. Nestle tuna steak into the middle of the sauce. Cancel Saute function. Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 12 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
- Meanwhile, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain and set aside.
- Release pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Flake tuna apart with a fork. Add olives, capers, anchovy paste, herbes de Provence, and cayenne. Stir to combine and serve over hot cooked spaghetti.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 735.3 calories, Carbohydrate 115.2 g, Cholesterol 43.2 mg, Fat 11.7 g, Fiber 9.4 g, Protein 39.2 g, SaturatedFat 2.3 g, Sodium 1454.1 mg, Sugar 20.6 g
PUTTANESCA WITH TUNA POLPETTE AND PENNE
Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 20m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add pasta and cook to al dente. Drain and keep warm.
- Heat extra-virgin olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat, add anchovies and stir into oil until melted. Add the garlic, turn heat to low and saute for a couple of minutes. Stir in the tomatoes crushing them up, then stir in stock. Season with a little black pepper, add capers and olives and simmer a few minutes.
- While sauce simmers, cut tuna into chunks and grind in food processor into coarse mixture. Pulse in the egg, bread crumbs and parsley and season with a little salt and black pepper. Remove tuna mixture from the processor to a bowl and add a drizzle of olive oil. Stir to combine. (Adding the oil will prevent mixture from sticking to your hands as you roll the balls.) Roll the tuna into small balls and drop into the sauce. Cover the pot and simmer the tuna balls in the sauce, about 4 to 5 minutes.
- Place the pasta into a serving bowl. Add the tuna and sauce, toss to coat and garnish with shredded basil.
TUNA PUTTANESCA AND PENNE
Loosely based on"Every Day with Rachel Ray" Nov/06 edition. UPDATE: 08/26/2008 since everyone has increased the amount of garlic to 6 cloves, then I'll suggest that! Also, add some lemon zest. As for the heat - we enjoyed it the way it is. If desired, add some anchovies - it tastes great! Just ANOTHER UPDATE: 06/24/09 - increase the servings to 4 generous servings or 6 regular servings.
Provided by Manami
Categories Tuna
Time 25m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Salt the water, add pasta and cook until al dente.
- While the pasta is cooking, heat a deep skillet over medium heat with the EVOO.
- Add the tuna, flaking it with a wooden spoon.
- Add the garlic and red pepper flakes and cook for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Stir in the capers and olives and heat until warmed through, 1 minute.
- Stir in the tomatoes and the parsley, lower the heat a little and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add a ladle of the pasta cooking liquid to the sauce.
- Drain the pasta, add it to the sauce and toss.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 810.2, Fat 20.6, SaturatedFat 3.2, Cholesterol 55.2, Sodium 910.1, Carbohydrate 99.6, Fiber 15.2, Sugar 5.4, Protein 57.8
TUNA FARFALLE ALLA PUTTANESCA
Make and share this Tuna Farfalle Alla Puttanesca recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Pinay0618
Categories Tuna
Time 25m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Prepare pasta according to package directions.
- Set aside.
- Place oil in large skillet over medium heat.
- Add garlic and onions and sauté for about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes and juice, wine, capers, rosemary, olives and pepper to onions.
- Simmer for 5 minutes.
- Raise heat to medium and cook another 3 minutes until sauce thickens slightly.
- Add salt to taste.
- Combine tuna, sauce and parsley with pasta.
TUNA PUTTANESCA
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 20m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 0
Steps:
- Cook 4 sliced garlic cloves and a pinch of red pepper flakes in a skillet with 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat, 2 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons capers and 1/2 cup chopped kalamata olives and cook 2 minutes. Drain a 28-ounce can plum tomatoes (reserve the juice); crush into the skillet and cook 2 minutes. Add the tomato juice, some torn basil, and salt and cook until thickened, 2 minutes. Add a 5-ounce can oil-packed tuna. Toss with 12 ounces cooked orecchiette; season with pepper and top with basil.
Tips:
- Fresh Ingredients: Use fresh, high-quality ingredients for the best flavor. Fresh tuna, ripe tomatoes, and briny olives will make all the difference.
- Capers and Anchovies: Don't be afraid to use capers and anchovies. They add a salty, briny flavor that is essential to puttanesca sauce.
- Cook the Tuna Properly: Tuna can easily be overcooked and become dry. Cook it just until it is opaque in the center, about 2-3 minutes per side.
- Don't Overcook the Sauce: Puttanesca sauce should be cooked just until the tomatoes have softened and the flavors have melded, about 15-20 minutes. Overcooking the sauce will make it bitter.
- Serve Immediately: Tuna puttanesca is best served immediately. The pasta will absorb the sauce and become soggy if it sits for too long.
Conclusion:
Tuna puttanesca is a delicious and easy-to-make pasta dish that is perfect for a quick weeknight meal. The briny, salty flavors of the olives, capers, and anchovies pair perfectly with the tender tuna and the tangy tomato sauce. This dish is sure to be a hit with your family and friends!
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