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Spaghetti with Tuna

You know I make so many different recipes that I forget what I make. This was one. I started to do a post on it and I was thought hmm I have several recipes that I made that are tuna and pasta, I better look and see if I posted this one. And look I did. Well this time I used fresh pasta . So see it must be good. This is how it looked this time:

Spaghetti con il Tonno

I was looking for a quick cook pasta recipe and came across this one in The Silver Spoon. It's one of those recipes that you basically always have the ingredients on hand. I always hate when a recipe calls for some weirdo amount of pasta like this one - 12oz. What's up with that? What am I doing with the other 6 oz? I always make the full pound of pasta.  Otherwise you would end up with a hodgepodge of pasta sitting around. Doesn't make sense. But I digress... Spaghetti with Tuna (Adapted from The Silver Spoon ) 3 T olive oil 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 can tuna, packed in oil, drained and flaked* 3 T tomato paste** 4T water 1lb spaghetti salt/pepper Fresh Parsley chopped Heat the oil in a skillet and cook the garlic. Do not let the garlic brown. Add the tuna and mix well.  Stir the water into the tomato paste (you may need to add a little more water - you want a loose pudding-like consistency). Cook over low heat for 15 minutes.  Meanwhile cook spaghetti in ...