Rigattoni with Grilled Tuna, Fennel and Grape Tomatoes
Sounds good huh? I put this together from a few different recipes. None that I found had all of the ingredients I wanted to use:
Ingredients:
Tuna Steak 1/2 lb to be grilled or baked and cut into cubes or flaked.
Rigattoni (or pasta shape of your choice)
1 Fennel Bulb
1 Vidalia Onion
3 Cloves Garlic
1 cup Grape Tomatoes
1 Fennel Bulb
1 Vidalia Onion
3 Cloves Garlic
1 cup Grape Tomatoes
2 Tbsp Capers
1 Lemon, juice/zest
Red Pepper Flakes
Red Pepper Flakes
S&P
Prep tuna, cooked/grilled with olive oil, garlic, lemon juice and zest
Cut off the fronds of fennel bulb. Then clean, quarter and core. Slice thinly into strips, lengthwise. Cut the onion thinly into similar length. Prep 2 cloves of garlic, smash and mince.
Heat skillet, add 2 tbsp olive oil, then add fennel. After 2 minutes, add onion. 2 Tbsp Capers, Red Pepper Flakes, Garlic, and Salt. Saute over med-low heat until almost tender for about 10 minutes total. Turn off heat. Zest Lemon to taste and add squeeze of fresh lemon juice and halved grape tomatoes.
Cook Pasta in slightly salted water, reserve 1/2 cup.
Prep tuna, cooked/grilled with olive oil, garlic, lemon juice and zest
Cut off the fronds of fennel bulb. Then clean, quarter and core. Slice thinly into strips, lengthwise. Cut the onion thinly into similar length. Prep 2 cloves of garlic, smash and mince.
Heat skillet, add 2 tbsp olive oil, then add fennel. After 2 minutes, add onion. 2 Tbsp Capers, Red Pepper Flakes, Garlic, and Salt. Saute over med-low heat until almost tender for about 10 minutes total. Turn off heat. Zest Lemon to taste and add squeeze of fresh lemon juice and halved grape tomatoes.
Cook Pasta in slightly salted water, reserve 1/2 cup.
Add tuna into vegetable mixture. Then add a bit of fresh olive oil to the drained hot pasta, stir and add vegetable mixture and pasta water if needed. Season to taste.
We did not do cheese.. in this case.. trying to keep it light. Mmm.
