QUICK CREAMY TUNA AND OLIVE PASTA easy and flavorful, a tasty main dish ready in 10 minutes, perfect for both lunch and dinner.
A really simple and delicious main dish, the creamy tuna and olive pasta is perfect for both lunch and dinner, it’s enjoyable to eat, light, and tasty, ideal when you are short on time.
The recipe for creamy tuna and olive pasta is prepared in a couple of minutes, ready in 10 minutes, just the time to cook the pasta and plate it up, I’m sure you’ll like it too.
I love it, I love capers, lemon, and the cream with ricotta is perfect, the ideal dish for those who are not skilled in the kitchen.
Join me in the kitchen today for some quick creamy tuna and olive pasta!
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very inexpensive
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: 2
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 6.3 oz pasta (mezze penne)
- 5.6 oz canned tuna in oil
- 15 black olives
- 1 tbsp butter (optional)
- 1 tbsp capers in salt
- 5.3 oz ricotta (or spreadable cheese)
Steps
Boil water for the pasta, when it boils, add the pasta and cook for 3 minutes.
Then place the oil in a pan, add the drained tuna, butter, and capers, turn on the heat and cook for a few minutes, then add the ricotta and a bit of pasta cooking water.
Add the pasta, ricotta, and some water, continue cooking, add the olives and finish cooking for a total of 7 minutes with the pasta.
Basically, the pasta should boil for 3 minutes and for the remaining 4 minutes, it should cook in the pan as if being risotto-style cooked.
Serve with a sprinkle of chopped parsley.
Bon appétit
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