So, a looooooooong time ago I was dating a Filipino man, and his dad introduced me to the wonderful, amazing, my absolute favorite, Tuna Pasta (originally from his dad)! I don't think they expected me to remember the third-generation version of it, cook it for years and years, and share it but HEY! It's delicious and I believe in sharing the delicious-ness with everyone. So, here you go!
Ingredients:
> 2 lemons
> 4-5 cloves garlic (or more... more garlic is always better)
> 2 cans white albacore tuna (preferably in olive oil). Get the fancy stuff!
> 1/8 cup capers
> 1/4 cup pitted green olives
> Block o' Parmesan cheese (but Asiago is good too! And Romano!)
> Bunch of parsley
> Salt n' Pepper
> 1 box vegetable pasta
> Olive oil
Directions:
> Get your cloves of garlic and mince them!
> Mince the capers and olives as well. Sometimes I just throw the garlic, capers and olives all in a food processor and mix it up. You don't want it to be liquid, but you don't want huge chunks either. Somewhere in the middle.
> Zest one lemon. Save it for later.
> Grate as much cheese as humanly possible.
> Chop parsley.
> If your tuna cans are in water, drain the water. If they are in olive oil, leave it.
> Heat up a large pot of water with a splash of oil in it. When boiling, add vegetable pasta.
> While the pasta is cooking, heat up a pan (add olive oil if there was none in the tuna, do not add olive oil if it is in the can of tuna). Throw in the garlic, capers, olives and tuna. Let sizzle... stir... don't forget about pasta! Stir them both up for about 5 minutes.
> After 5 minutes or so, bring your tuna combination to a lower heat setting, throw in the lemon zest and squeeze both lemons into the mixture. Stir it up really well, add salt and pepper to taste, let simmer.
> When your pasta is done, turn the heat off on the tuna mixture, drain pasta.
> Put pasta into bowl, add tuna mixture, cheese and parsley on top. Enjoy!
*NOTE* Mine was not made with vegetable pasta or parsley, and it doesn't have to be! I used regular fettuccine because the stores were all out of vegetable pasta... and parsley... and butter... and toilet paper...
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