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Healthy tuna pasta

Healthy tuna pasta

BBC Good Food · · 2 servings · Medium

Try our quick and easy healthy tuna pasta. It's comforting, but also packed with three of your five-a-day and can be doubled to feed a family

Original recipe by bbcgoodfood.com

Ingredients

  • 150 g wholemeal penne
  • 1 large leek (200g), halved, and thinly sliced
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 160 g cherry tomatoes, preferably on the vine
  • 198 g can sweetcorn, drained
  • 75 g ricotta
  • 160 g can tuna in spring water, drained
  • handful of basil, chopped, plus a few whole leaves to serve

Steps

  1. Boil the penne with the leek in a large pan of salted water following pack instructions, until al dente.
  2. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large pan over a medium-high heat and fry the tomatoes for a few minutes, until they start to burst and soften. Add the sweetcorn and cook for 2-3 mins to heat through. Drain the pasta and leeks, reserving a little of the pasta water. Tip the drained pasta and leeks into the pan with the tomatoes, then toss through the ricotta and tuna.
  3. Season with plenty of black pepper. If you want to loosen the consistency, stir in some of the reserved pasta water along with the chopped basil. Serve scattered with the whole basil leaves.

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