Lenten Recipes, Week 3: Simple Pasta Puttanesca with Tuna

1. Place the contents of one can of tuna into a saucepan.

2. Begin to cook the tuna, seasoning it with paprika, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.

3. Either make a tomato sauce from fresh using this recipe or use a jarred sauce.

4. Slice as many olives as you’d like (and/or use capers) and place them in the sauce, being careful not to oversalt the sauce if using a jarred one.

5. Prepare a long pasta according to the package’s instructions and drain when al dente.

6. Combine the sauce and the pasta in the larger of the two pans.

7. Serve, without garnishing with cheese. Italians in general never mix cheese and fish (or seafood in general). 

 

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