Spaghetti with tuna balls

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• 0:15 Prep


• 0:15 Cook


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  4 Servings


• Capable cooks

When you need dinner on the double, look no further than clever spaghetti with tuna balls - ready in just 20 minutes!

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Ingredients

• 400g spaghetti


• 700ml btl passata (tomato pasta sauce)


• 125ml (1/2 cup) Massel vegetable liquid stock


• 200g crusty bread, crusts removed, torn


• 1 garlic clove, chopped


• 50g (2/3 cup) finely grated parmesan


• 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind


• 425g can tuna in oil, well drained


• 1/3 cup chopped fresh continental parsley


• 3 eggs


• Chopped fresh continental parsley, extra, to serve

Method

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  Step 1
  
  
  
  
  Cook the pasta in a large saucepan of salted boiling water until al dente. Drain.
  
  
  


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  Step 2
  
  
  
  
  Meanwhile, place the passata and stock in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer. Cover. Reduce heat to medium. Cook for 3 minutes or until heated through.
  
  
  


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  Step 3
  
  
  
  
  While the sauce is cooking, process the bread, garlic, parmesan and lemon rind in a food processor until coarse crumbs form. Add the tuna, parsley and eggs, and process until combined. Season with salt and pepper. Roll tablespoonfuls of tuna mixture into balls.
  
  
  


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  Step 4
  
  
  
  
  Add tuna balls to sauce. Cover and cook for 8 minutes or until tuna balls are cooked through. Divide pasta among serving dishes. Top with the tuna balls and extra parsley.
  
  
  

• Low sugar

Nutrition

• 3486 kj

  Energy




• 22g

  Fat Total




• 6g

  Saturated Fat




• 8g

  Fibre




• 49g

  Protein




• 204mg

  Cholesterol




• 1067.62mg

  Sodium




• 9g

  Carbs (sugar)




• 106g

  Carbs (total)

All nutrition values are per serve

• Author: Leanne Kitchen


• Image credit: Rob Palmer


• Publication: Australian Good Taste

Source: taste.com.au