- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Serving: 4
Nutrition facts (per portion)
- Calories: 594
- Fat Content: 12g
- Saturated Fat Content: 2g
- Carbohydrate Content: 92g
- Sugar Content: 8g
- Fiber Content: 4g
- Protein Content: 35g
- Sodium Content: 1.42g
Italian tuna balls
Ingredients
- tuna - 2 160g cans of tuna in sunflower or olive oil, drained (reserve a little oil)
- pine-nut - small handful of pine nuts
- lemon - freshly grated zest 1 lemon
- parsley - small handful parsley leaves, roughly chopped
- breadcrumb - 50g fresh breadcrumb
- egg - 1 egg, beaten
- spaghetti - 400g spaghetti
- sauce - 500g jar pasta sauce
Instructions
- Flake the tuna into a bowl, then tip in the pine nuts, lemon zest, parsley, breadcrumbs and egg. Season and mix together with your hands until completely combined. Roll the mix into 12 walnut-size balls. Put a large pan of salted water on to boil, then cook the spaghetti according to pack instructions.
- Heat a little of the tuna oil in a large non-stick frying pan, then fry the tuna balls for 5 mins, turning every minute or so until completely golden. Drain on kitchen paper. Heat the tomato sauce, then toss together with the pasta and tuna balls.
Quick and easy family pasta recipe for 4 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has tuna, pine nut, lemon, parsley, breadcrumb, egg, spaghetti and sauce.
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