French

Pates au Thon (Pasta with Tuna)

Name: Pates au Thon (Pasta with Tuna)
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 12 oz pasta (penne or spaghetti); 2 (5 oz) cans canned tuna in olive oil, drained; 14 oz canned diced tomatoes; 1 small onion; 2 garlic cloves; 2 tbsp olive oil; 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

Colette @colette_lyon

Pates au Thon (Pasta with Tuna) is French home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

15 min Easy Pescatarian Halal Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

12 oz pasta (penne or spaghetti)
2 (5 oz) cans canned tuna in olive oil, drained
14 oz canned diced tomatoes
1 small onion
2 garlic cloves
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

How to cook it

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the pasta until al dente.
Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a skillet and cook the chopped onion and garlic over medium heat until soft, about 4 minutes.
Stir in the diced tomatoes and simmer for 5 minutes until slightly thickened.
Flake in the tuna and warm it through gently for 2 minutes so it stays tender rather than turning dry.
Drain the pasta, toss it with the tuna sauce, season with the salt and pepper, and scatter the parsley on top before serving.

Watch how to cook Pates au Thon (Pasta with Tuna)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

Recette de Pâtes au thon - 750g Play the video

Serve it with

A French dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Pates au Thon (Pasta with Tuna), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Aubergines au Four (Roasted Aubergine with Thyme and Garlic)
  
  40 min
Something cool and fresh
- Betteraves Vinaigrette (Beetroot with Mustard Vinaigrette)
  
  15 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Pates au Thon (Pasta with Tuna) carries gluten and fish. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Pates au Thon (Pasta with Tuna)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	Yes	Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	Yes	Baguette Tradition au Beurre (Fresh Tradition Baguette with Butter)
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 500 kcal
Protein: 27 g
Carbs: 68 g
Fat: 13 g
Fiber: 4 g
Sugar: 3 g
Sodium: 580 mg
Saturated fat: 2 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Pates au Thon (Pasta with Tuna) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.