Creamy tuna and basil penne

Recipes / Fish

This quick and easy tuna pasta is a simple, yet satisfying mid-week meal.

Recipe «Creamy tuna and basil penne» presented in category Recipes / Fish, to prepare this dish you will need no more 14 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 400g dried penne pasta, 500g jar Italian tomato pasta sauce, 425g can tuna in oil, drained, flaked, 1/3 cup light cream, 100g baby spinach leaves , 2 cups small basil leaves, shaved parmesan cheese, to serve .

Ingredients:

  • 400g dried penne pasta 
  • 500g jar Italian tomato pasta sauce 
  • 425g can tuna in oil, drained, flaked 
  • 1/3 cup light cream 
  • 100g baby spinach leaves 
  • 2 cups small basil leaves 
  • shaved parmesan cheese, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Cook pasta in a large saucepan of boiling water, following packet directions until tender. Drain.
  2. Return pasta to pan over medium-high heat. Add pasta sauce, tuna, cream, spinach and basil. Cook, stirring, for 3 to 4 minutes or until spinach just wilts. Season with salt and pepper. Top with parmesan. Serve.