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Heavenly Pasta

Angel hair pasta cooks quickly, so have your sauce ready to go as soon as it is done. Delicately flake the tuna for the sauce, so it remains in large pieces. Don't mush it. This dish must move quickly.

Type: Pasta
Courses: Main Course
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

4   Ripe tomatoes - cut 1/2" dice
1/4 cup 10g / 0.4ozTorn fresh basil leaves
2   White-meat tuna in water - (6 1/2 oz ea) - drained well
1/2 cup 118mlImported black olives - pitted
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1/2 cup 118mlExtra-virgin olive oil
12 oz 340gAngel hair pasta

Recipe Instructions

In a large bowl, prepare sauce: Combine the tomatoes, basil and tuna (be careful not to break it up too much). Add the olives, salt, pepper and oil, then toss very gently.

Just before serving, cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain well and toss with the sauce. Serve immediately.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Per serving: 735 calories, 73g carbohydrates, 37g protein, 33g fat, 39mg cholesterol.

Source:
Simply Delicious by Sheila Lukins from Parade magazine - Pub date: - 02-20-2000

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