Monday, November 8, 2010

Cheap. Quick. Easy. (Minds out of the gutter please.)

On Friday, Marco was meeting with a client. After an hour, he signed a new deal and snagged a new RECIPE. I love the fact that it is completely commonplace for men in Italy to come up with new culinary ideas.

Saturday, Marco then whipped up this pasta. It was super tasty- as well as cheap, quick and easy.

Ingredients:
1 can of tuna 
3 anchovy fillets or anchovy paste
1 clove garlic
lemon zest to taste
parsley to taste
olive oil
white wine
sea salt
pepper
250 g pasta


If you want to cook like Marco the Roman- take your time, sip your wine, prepare the sauce AND then bring the water to a boil. But if you'd like to rock out this recipe in 10-12 minutes. Follow my instructions:

Put water on the stove- bring to a boil. 
While water is heating- do your prep.

Chop your garlic, parsley and zest your lemon. 
Heat olive oil in a pan and add garlic and anchovy. 
Add tuna (we used a high quality Italian tuna in olive oil which you can find in specialty stores- but you can use any tuna. Obviously the better the tuna... the better the dish.) and a splash of white wine
Add in lemon zest and parsley. Salt and Pepper to taste.
Saute for a few minutes (remember tuna is already cooked, so we are just trying to marry the flavors).


When water is boiling add a handful of sea salt and cook pasta until al dente. Then add pasta to saucepan
Mix and plate. Buon Appetito.


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