Farfalle Tonno

Really need to impress someone? Than this dish will do the trick! It is time consuming but with all the herbs, color and great taste it simply has everything you could want.

Farfalle Tonno has become an all time favorite in my home. I recommend anyone to try it out. It's not tough to prepare but it is time consuming.

Recipe Instructions

  1. Chop 4 or 5 spring onions
  2. Peel 1 lemon and shred the lemon zest
  3. Squeeze all the juice out of that lemon into a cup. Remove the seeds
  4. Wash and then chop about 12 large basil leaves
  5. Chop 20 black seedless olives
  6. Open 1 can of tuna with the lid still attached (keeps the tuna from falling out) and pour out all the water
  7. For extra color add in 1 chopped roasted pimiento (not required but suggested). A pimiento is a pepper that was previously roasted and they are sold prepared in jars
  8. In a cooking pan pour about 1/4 a cup of olive oil and warm it lightly
  9. Saute the spring onions in the olive oil for about 2 minutes
  10. Once finished do not turn the heat back on
  11. Add in the lemon zest, basil, olives, tuna, lemon juice, salt and pepper
  12. Mix the sauce well
  13. Heat the sauce only to warm lightly just before you add in the pasta
  14. Boil the farfalle pasta and save a little bit of the boiling water in a cup
  15. Toss the pasta in with the sauce
  16. Add in the small amount of boiling water (helps by not having to add so much olive oil)
  17. Mix the pasta well before serving