Oatmeal penne with tuna and rocket pesto
Warm oat pasta with tuna and vegetable pesto is one of the recipes we selected from those sent to us by our readers for "The Best Italian Recipe." It's by Rosa Bonaventura, born in Cremona but now living in Milan, who's always short on time and has lots of friends over for dinner.
Ingredients · Servings 2 people
- 160 g oat penne
- 130 g drained tuna in oil
- rocket
- almonds
- lemon
- extra virgin olive oil
- sale
- baby
Method · 25 minuti
- Cook the penne in boiling salted water, drain, season with a drizzle of oil, spread them out on a tray and let them cool.
- Blend 50 g of rocket with 40 g of oil, a pinch of salt and pepper, 30 g of almonds and 40 g of water to obtain a pesto.
- Toss the pasta with this pesto and top with the flaked tuna. Garnish with chopped almonds, arugula leaves, a drizzle of oil, and grated lemon zest.
Oatmeal pasta, tuna sauce, and arugula pesto
To prepare it, boil the penne until al dente, drain, and let them cool slightly, tossed with a little oil. For the pesto, blend the arugula with oil, salt, pepper, almonds, and water. Toss the pasta with the pesto and the flaked tuna in oil, and garnish with chopped almonds, arugula leaves, a drizzle of oil, and grated lemon zest.