Easy pasta recipe for 4 people, takes only 15 mins; recipe has green bean, penne, olive oil, garlic clove, anchovy, cherry tomato, black olives, tuna, lemon and basil leaf.
Nicoise pasta
Course: Easy pasta
Servings
4
servings
Prep time
15 mins
Ingredients
- Penne: 350g penne
- Garlic Clove: 2 fat garlic cloves, chopped
- Anchovy: 70g can anchovies, drained and chopped
- Cherry Tomato: 400g cherry tomatoes, halved
- Basil Leaf: handful basil leaves
- Olive Oil: 3 tbsp olive oil
- Green Bean: 300g green beans
- Tuna: 160g can tuna, drained
- Lemon: juice 1 lemon
- Black Olives: handful black olives, stoned
Directions
- Trim the beans and cut in half. Bring a large pan of water to the boil and add 1 tsp salt. Add the penne, bring to the boil and cook following pack instructions. Throw in the beans 5 mins before the end of the cooking time.
- Meanwhile, heat the oil in a frying pan, add the garlic and anchovies, and fry gently for a couple of mins, stirring to dissolve the anchovies in the oil. Add the tomatoes and cook for a few mins until softened but not pulpy.
- Drain the pasta and return to the pan, then add the tomato sauce and olives. Flake in the tuna and add the lemon juice and basil. Heat through and serve.
