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Ziti With Tuna & Grilled Cherry Tomatoes

Here's how you make Ziti With Tuna & Grilled Cherry Tomatoes
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 15m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 300 grams dry ziti
  • 200 grams tuna fillets (in oil drained)
  • 1 tablespoon capers (heaping, salted capers)
  • 10 green olives
  • 10 black olives
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine
  • 1 lemon, zested
  • 3 sprigs parsley
  • 4 tablespoons olive (extra virgin)
  • 400 grams cherry tomatoes
  • Breadcrumbs
  • Sugar
  • Parmesan
  • Oregano
  • Salt
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Soak the capers in a bowl of water for 10 minutes, drain and pat dry with paper towels. Peel the garlic cloves and cut into thin slices; fry in a pan with 4 tablespoons of oil until are golden and crisp; drain them with a slotted spoon and add the capers; fry for 10-15 seconds,

  • Step 2: Drain and keep aside with the garlic.

  • Step 3: Place tuna in a pan; add the wine and a pinch of salt and cook over verylow heat for 4-5 minutes. Chop olives, and add them to the tuna with lemon zest, stir and turn off.

  • Step 4: Cook the pasta in boiling salted water; al dente, transfer it to the pan with the sauce, add parsley and sprinkle everything with garlic and fried capers.

  • Step 5: Wash and cut in half 400g cherry tomatoes, arrange in a baking dish, season with a pinch of salt and a pinch sugar; sprinkle with a heaping tablespoon of bread crumbs mixed with one of grated parmesan and one of oregano and broil under the grill for 4-5 minutes. Add them to the pasta at the last moment, before adding capers and garlic.


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