What I present to you today is not just a dish, but a memory. Pasta with cream and tuna was the pasta of my adolescence, during high school. The only pasta I knew how to make for my classmates when they came over to study.
To avoid serving the usual tuna pasta, which I felt was “too sad,” I enriched it with cooking cream. And I felt like a great chef.
Today they call it “the out-of-town student’s pasta.” It’s simple, very economical, and super quick to make.
But believe me when I say it’s good. Really good! I’ll show you how to prepare it in easy steps.
DO YOU LIKE PASTA? ALSO TRY:
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Economical
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: 2People
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
- Energy 431.28 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 32.41 (g) of which sugars 4.03 (g)
- Proteins 26.43 (g)
- Fat 21.58 (g) of which saturated 3.18 (g)of which unsaturated 4.66 (g)
- Fibers 2.05 (g)
- Sodium 275.75 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 150 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients for Pasta with Cream and Tuna
- 6.3 oz pasta (fusilli, penne, or rigatoni)
- one third of red onion
- 6.3 oz tuna (two cans)
- 0.5 cup cooking cream
Tools
What you need to prepare pasta with cream and tuna
- 1 Pan non-stick pan
- 1 Pot pot
Steps for Pasta with Cream and Tuna
Bring the water to a boil in the pot, and once it boils, add salt and the pasta. In the meantime, we will prepare the sauce in the pan.
Finely chop the onion. In the heated pan, add just a drop of oil (you can use the oil from the tuna as well) and lightly brown the onion. Add the tuna immediately and let it all wilt together.
Once it has slightly wilted, you can add the cream. If the sauce is too thick, add a ladle of pasta cooking water. Let everything cook for a few minutes.
Drain the pasta while it is al dente and add it directly to the pan.
Mix the pasta off the heat. Serve immediately.
Storage, Tips, and Notes
This dish, precisely because of the reasons it was created, should be cooked and eaten right away. I do not recommend preparing it in advance or storing it. It is prepared in just the time it takes to cook the pasta, so it is really quick to make. If you don’t like onions, you can replace them with whole garlic cloves or omit them altogether.
This dish, precisely because of the reasons it was created, should be cooked and eaten right away. I do not recommend preparing it in advance or storing it. It is prepared in just the time it takes to cook the pasta, so it is really quick to make. If you don’t like onions, you can replace them with whole garlic cloves or omit them altogether.
