Spaghetti with tuna balls

Recipes / Fish

When you need dinner on the double, look no further than clever spaghetti with tuna balls - ready in just 20 minutes!

Recipe «Spaghetti with tuna balls» presented in category Recipes / Fish, to prepare this dish you will need no more 15 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 400g dried spaghetti pasta, 700ml btl passata, 125ml Massel vegetable liquid stock, 200g crusty bread, crusts removed, torn, 1 garlic clove, chopped , 50g finely grated parmesan, 2 tsp finely grated lemon rind, 425g can tuna in oil, well drained , 1/3 cup chopped fresh continental parsley, 3 eggs, Chopped fresh continental parsley, extra, to serve.

Ingredients:

  • 400g dried spaghetti pasta 
  • 700ml btl passata 
  • 125ml Massel vegetable liquid stock 
  • 200g crusty bread, crusts removed, torn 
  • 1 garlic clove, chopped 
  • 50g finely grated parmesan 
  • 2 tsp finely grated lemon rind 
  • 425g can tuna in oil, well drained 
  • 1/3 cup chopped fresh continental parsley 
  • 3 eggs 
  • Chopped fresh continental parsley, extra, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Cook the pasta in a large saucepan of salted boiling water until al dente. Drain.
  2. Meanwhile, place the passata and stock in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer. Cover. Reduce heat to medium. Cook for 3 minutes or until heated through.
  3. While the sauce is cooking, process the bread, garlic, parmesan and lemon rind in a food processor until coarse crumbs form. Add the tuna, parsley and eggs, and process until combined. Season with salt and pepper. Roll tablespoonfuls of tuna mixture into balls.
  4. Add tuna balls to sauce. Cover and cook for 8 minutes or until tuna balls are cooked through. Divide pasta among serving dishes. Top with the tuna balls and extra parsley.