Tuna steak pasta with creamy pesto sauce
Tuna steak pasta with creamy pesto sauce

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, tuna steak pasta with creamy pesto sauce. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Meanwhile, tip the tuna and its oil into a large bowl with the pesto. This Pesto Pasta with Tuna is so simple yet so tasty! It is one great way to use canned tuna and turn it into a delectable meal in no time at all.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook tuna steak pasta with creamy pesto sauce using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Tuna steak pasta with creamy pesto sauce:
  1. Prepare 2-4 tuna steaks
  2. Get 250 g pappardelle (or tagliatelle) pasta
  3. Make ready 200 ml cooking cream
  4. Make ready 1/4 cup pine nuts, plus some extra for serving
  5. Take 1 cup fresh basil
  6. Get 3 tbsp olive oil
  7. Prepare 1 cup parmesan cheese (finely grated)
  8. Take 3 garlic cloves
  9. Take Juice of 1 lime
  10. Get 1 tbsp cornflour (for thickening the sauce)
  11. Take to taste Salt and pepper

I made a couple of changes to reduce the fat content and to increase the amount of sauce. Salad With Tuna PastaAs receitas lá de casa. The recipe is very pesto-y, so, if you like, feel free to cut down on the pesto and use more sun-dried tomatoes. Also, use whatever pasta shape you like The secret is to use frozen cooked shrimp and prepared pesto.

Steps to make Tuna steak pasta with creamy pesto sauce:
  1. In a blender add the cooking cream, 2 tbsp of olive oil, pine nuts, basil, parmesan, crushed garlic cloves and lime juice. Blend on a medium speed until smooth.
  2. Heat the sauce in a pan with the cornflour over a medium heat, until slightly thicker. Stir consistently to avoid any lumps forming. (For best results make the night before and store in the fridge).
  3. Next boil water with salt and add the pasta. Cook for around 4 minutes.
  4. Heat the rest of the oil in a frying pan on a high heat.
  5. Season the tunas steaks with pepper on both sides.
  6. Once the pan is hot add the steaks and turn the heat down to a medium temperature.
  7. Cooked the tuna steaks for 1-2 minutes on each side depending on their thickness and how well you would like them cooked. You can watch the sides of the steak turn white to see how far they have cooked. Becareful not to dry the steak out, they can easily become dry.
  8. Now roast the extra pine nuts in the pan for a couple of minutes until browned.
  9. Serve the steaks over the pasta and heated sauce. Sprinkle the pine nuts on top and garnish with fresh basil.
  10. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

When I make it, I thaw the shrimp by putting them in the same colander I am going to. Make this creamy pesto pasta for your family tonight. Kids eat anything as long as there is cheese on top, right? Any cream sauce with pasta is A+ in my book. That lady feels as passionate about UPS and I do about USPS, lol.

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