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SPAGHETTI WITH TUNA AND CAPSICUM

July 4, 2011 By Manu 24 Comments

Spaghetti with tuna and capsicum

This is a very simple pasta dish.  I like it because it is really tasty, colourful and easy to prepare.  I usually make it when I do not have a lot of time, but feel like eating something flavoursome and healthy.  Try and make it as a mid week dinner, I am sure you will enjoy both the dish and the extra spare time you will have to spend relaxing with your family.  Also, if you haven’t done it yet, remember you can participate in my international giveaway for a chance to win a digital scale!

 

Ingredients for 4 persons:
1 red capsicum, cleaned and cut in thin strips
200 gms tinned tuna, preserved in olive oil
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 small onion, thinly sliced
4 tbsp tomato puree
1 tbsp green olives, chopped
1/2 tbsp capers, preserved in salt (washed)
Water
Salt to taste (add it only at the end as the ingredients are salty already)

400 gms spaghetti



Put the sliced onion, the tomato puree and the red capsicum strips in a pot.  Add half a glass of water, cover it and let it cook on a low fire until the capsicum is soft.

Add the extra virgin olive oil and cook uncovered on a medium fire for a couple of minutes.

Add the tuna, olives and capers.  Mix well and cook for 2 minutes.  Add salt to taste (if required) and a little water if the sauce is too thick.

Spaghetti with tuna and capsicum

In the meantime, cook spaghetti following the steps on How to cook pasta “al dente” in the Techniques page of this site.  When the pasta is ready, drain it and serve it with the tuna and capsicum sauce on the top.  Mix well and enjoy it warm.

Spaghetti with tuna and capsicum

On a completely different note… MsM’s Baked Swordfish made it on today’s Foodbuzz Top 9!

I am so excited about it!  It is the first time that one of my recipes is featured on the Top 9 and I want to thank all the people who buzzed my recipe and all my readers in general!  Your support and love means the world to me: THANK YOU!!!! <3

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Comments

  1. Medeja says

    July 4, 2011 at 9:47 pm

    Really great sauce for spaghetti, Manu! Few ingredients, easy to make, healthy, this is great recipe.

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  2. Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts says

    July 4, 2011 at 9:54 pm

    Congrats on the Top 9 – well deserved!! This dish looks easy, and healthy!

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  3. Anna @The Littlest Anchovy says

    July 4, 2011 at 9:55 pm

    What a great mid-week dinner. Healthy and simple to prepare. Love the colourful photos 🙂

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  4. Parsley Sage says

    July 4, 2011 at 11:26 pm

    Yay for Top 9! That was an awesome dish 🙂 This one is great too. I like colorful dishes. I swear, they taste better!

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  5. PolaM says

    July 5, 2011 at 12:44 am

    Congrats on top 9! And this pasta looks fabulous! It goes straight to my list of “to cook soon” dishes.

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  6. Giulietta @ Alterkitchen says

    July 5, 2011 at 4:48 am

    Congrats again on the Top 9… and you’re totally right: this is an healthy, tasty and easy dish! Perfect!

    Reply
  7. muppy says

    July 5, 2011 at 6:47 am

    This looks great, my daughter loves tuna so i’m sure this would be a winner!

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  8. [email protected] says

    July 5, 2011 at 1:47 pm

    Congrats on the Top 9 Manu! This pasta looks yummy- I might try it with all the canned salmon I have!

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  9. The Harried Cook says

    July 5, 2011 at 3:55 pm

    Yummy! I love tuna with pasta, but I have never made it this way. Bookmarking it to try it next time. Maybe sooner than I think because I have tuna & red capsicum at home right now! 🙂 Thanks for sharing this yummy recipe, Manu!

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  10. Nuts about food says

    July 5, 2011 at 5:26 pm

    Congratulations for the Foodbuzz top 9! Brava!! I think I just got an idea for dinner tonight as I have peppers in the fridge to use up.

    Reply
  11. Dolly says

    July 5, 2011 at 11:36 pm

    yet another healthy dish weee.. i really need to start making healthy dinners!!!

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  12. Sandra's Easy Cooking says

    July 6, 2011 at 1:29 am

    Yummy recipe Manu..I love tuna addition! Looks not only pretty and colorful but delicious too!

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  13. [email protected] says

    July 6, 2011 at 5:09 am

    What a delicious sauce!! I really like that you added the pepper… it sounds delicious!

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  14. Gopika says

    July 6, 2011 at 7:22 am

    Woww.. Yummmm 😀 and so colorful 🙂

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  15. [email protected] says

    July 6, 2011 at 5:38 pm

    Looks fab! I’ll give it a go!

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  16. Nami @ Just One Cookbook says

    July 6, 2011 at 6:15 pm

    Congrats again on top 9! We love to come here and look at your recipes and you have great supporters here! This pasta looks so easy and delicious – I have to give it a try on week night. Italian dish is so simple yet I really really love the flavors from the simple ingredients!

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  17. Jay says

    July 6, 2011 at 8:37 pm

    can I come to your home..you are so creative..my mouth is watering looking at this..;)P

    Tasty Appetite

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  18. Tina (PinayInTexas) says

    July 7, 2011 at 3:18 am

    That spaghetti looks simple but really good…and I love that it has tuna in it!
    Congrats on the Top 9, Manu! Well deserved!

    Reply
  19. Lilla says

    July 7, 2011 at 8:26 am

    Che bel piatto di spaghetti, fanno voglia! E complimenti per la top 9! Strano che questo accada per la prima volta solo ora, con le belle ricette che hai pubblicato!!

    Reply
  20. Tiffany says

    July 9, 2011 at 1:04 am

    I had tuna spaghetti is Cape Verde (Africa) believe it or not! It was DELICIOUS! Your version, with the capers, looks amazing!

    Reply
  21. Nuts about food says

    July 27, 2011 at 8:13 pm

    Wanted to let you know I made this, loved it and am posting about it (linking to you of course). Let me know if you want to add it to MsM in your Kitchen.

    Reply
  22. Beth Michelle says

    August 20, 2011 at 4:25 pm

    Manu, how I have missed your blog and yummy creations. Im glad to be back to catch up on all of them! This spaghetti looks and sounds delicious! Bookmarking it 🙂

    Reply

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