Pasta Tonnato Nests
- 8 to 9 ounces fresh or dried herb flavored fettuccine
- 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup purchased chunky garden style pasta sauce
- 1/4 cup dry red wine
- 1 6-ounce can solid white tuna packed in water, drained
- 1/4 cup sliced pitted brine-cured olives (such as Kalamata)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
- Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite, about 2 minutes for fresh and 10 minutes for dried.
- Drain pasta.
- Return to same pot and toss with oil.
- Combine sauce and wine in heavy medium saucepan.
- Bring to simmer over medium heat.
- Mix in tuna and olives, being careful to keep tuna in fairly large pieces.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Divide pasta between 2 plates.
- Using large spoon, make indentation in centers of pasta to create "nests."
- Spoon sauce into centers.
- Sprinkle each with basil.
fettuccine, olive oil, purchased chunky garden style pasta sauce, red wine, solid white tuna, olives, fresh basil
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/pasta-tonnato-nests-1189 (may not work)