Recipes from my Sicilian and Italian Grandmothers, my Mother, My sister Pat and those I have gathered through the years

Mom’s No-Meat-on-Fridays Pasta with Tomato Sauce

Donny

Mom’s No-Meat-on- Friday Pasta with Tuna Fish Sauce

A quick recipe for pasta in a tuna-tomato sauce
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Prep Time 2 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings: 3
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 2 5 oz cans tuna in oil https://tinyurl.com/e8mbbw2m
  • 1 Tbsp dried oregano
  • 6 ounce frozen chopped onions
  • 1 pound rotini pasta
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 8 oz cans tomato sauce
  • 2 tbsps. olive oil

Equipment

  • 1 large sauté pan
  • 1 Pasta pot with colander

Method
 

  1. Fill a pasta pot with 1 gallon of water and set on high heat
  2. Put the olive oil in a deep sauté pan
  3. Sauté onions until translucent
  4. Add oregano and sauté a minute
  5. Add tuna to pan, break up and cook for 2 minutes
  6. Add tomato sauce and the bay leaf
  7. Cook for an few minutes covered
  8. When water has boiled, add the pasta
  9. Put two tbsps. of salt in the water
  10. Cook pasta until al denté. Save a cup of the pasta water.
  11. If the sauce is too thick, add some of the saved pasta water until you get the consistency you like.
  12. Remove the bay leaf.
  13. Put the pasta into the tomato sauce and mix thoroughly.
  14. Remove the bay leaf.
  15. Serve and enjoy.

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Hi! I am Don and I am a 3rd generation Italian/Sicilan/American. I have recipes from my Sicilian grandmother, my Italian grandmother, my mother, my sister Pat and those I have gathered through the years. I have tried to show recipes that are mostly easy and do not take up too much of your time. I hope my viewers will submit their favorite recipes as well.
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