Tuna Sauce With Tomato And Garlic


Course : Italian
Serves: 4
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Ingredients:


4 tablespoons olive oil -- extra virgin

1/2 teaspoon garlic -- chopped very fine

1 1/2 cups tomatoes -- Italian plum, cut up -- with their juice

2 cans tuna -- packed in olive oil

6 1/2 ounces each

1 teaspoon salt to taste

1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper to taste

1 tablespoon butter

1 pound pasta -- to 1 1/2 lbs. cooked drained

3 tablespoons parsley -- chopped
 

Preparation / Directions:


In a saucepan, put the olive oil and the chopped garlic. Turn on the heat to medium, and cook until garlic becomes colored a pale gold. Add cut up tomatoes with their juice, stir to coat the tomatoes well and adjust the heat to cook at a gentile, but steady simmer for about 25 minutes. Drain the tuna and crumble it with a folk. Turn off the heat under the tomatoes and add the tuna, mix thoroughly to distribute it evenly. Taste and add salt if necessary. Add a few grindings of pepper and the tablespoon of butter and mix well again.. Toss with cooked drained pasta. Add the chopped parsley, toss again, and serve at once.


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