Tuna steak pasta with creamy pesto sauce
Tuna steak pasta with creamy pesto sauce

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, tuna steak pasta with creamy pesto sauce. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

I surprised my family with this tasty Tuna Pesto Pasta and it really made them happy. To create your own pesto sauce, you may use fresh basil leaves, garlic. This Pesto Tuna Pasta is so simple yet so tasty! It is one great way to use canned tuna and turn it into a delectable meal in no time at all.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have tuna steak pasta with creamy pesto sauce using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Tuna steak pasta with creamy pesto sauce:
  1. Make ready 2-4 tuna steaks
  2. Make ready 250 g pappardelle (or tagliatelle) pasta
  3. Prepare 200 ml cooking cream
  4. Prepare 1/4 cup pine nuts, plus some extra for serving
  5. Prepare 1 cup fresh basil
  6. Get 3 tbsp olive oil
  7. Take 1 cup parmesan cheese (finely grated)
  8. Take 3 garlic cloves
  9. Get Juice of 1 lime
  10. Get 1 tbsp cornflour (for thickening the sauce)
  11. Take to taste Salt and pepper

Pasta SauceMadeleine Cocina. tomato sauce, ground black pepper, water, sugar, salt. Reviews for: Photos of Pasta With Tuna Sauce. Stirring in a little of the pasta cooking water melds with the tuna and the oil to create a creamy sauce. See the recipe for Pasta with Tuna »André Baranowski.

Instructions to make Tuna steak pasta with creamy pesto sauce:
  1. In a blender add the cooking cream, 2 tbsp of olive oil, pine nuts, basil, parmesan, crushed garlic cloves and lime juice. Blend on a medium speed until smooth.
  2. Heat the sauce in a pan with the cornflour over a medium heat, until slightly thicker. Stir consistently to avoid any lumps forming. (For best results make the night before and store in the fridge).
  3. Next boil water with salt and add the pasta. Cook for around 4 minutes.
  4. Heat the rest of the oil in a frying pan on a high heat.
  5. Season the tunas steaks with pepper on both sides.
  6. Once the pan is hot add the steaks and turn the heat down to a medium temperature.
  7. Cooked the tuna steaks for 1-2 minutes on each side depending on their thickness and how well you would like them cooked. You can watch the sides of the steak turn white to see how far they have cooked. Becareful not to dry the steak out, they can easily become dry.
  8. Now roast the extra pine nuts in the pan for a couple of minutes until browned.
  9. Serve the steaks over the pasta and heated sauce. Sprinkle the pine nuts on top and garnish with fresh basil.
  10. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Stirring in a little of the pasta cooking water melds with the tuna and the oil to create a creamy sauce. See the recipe for Pasta with Tuna »André Baranowski. Tuna Pesto Pasta: A sophisticated pantry pasta is quick and easy with canned tuna and a few staples like pesto, garlic and onion. It makes an elegant lunch or dinner without a trip to the store. These are the dog days of summer, when ambition fades in the face of sultry heat and humidity.

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