Tuna steak pasta with creamy pesto sauce
Tuna steak pasta with creamy pesto sauce

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook tuna steak pasta with creamy pesto sauce using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Tuna steak pasta with creamy pesto sauce:
  1. Get 2-4 tuna steaks
  2. Prepare 250 g pappardelle (or tagliatelle) pasta
  3. Make ready 200 ml cooking cream
  4. Prepare 1/4 cup pine nuts, plus some extra for serving
  5. Get 1 cup fresh basil
  6. Take 3 tbsp olive oil
  7. Take 1 cup parmesan cheese (finely grated)
  8. Make ready 3 garlic cloves
  9. Prepare Juice of 1 lime
  10. Make ready 1 tbsp cornflour (for thickening the sauce)
  11. Get to taste Salt and pepper

See the recipe for Pasta with Tuna »André Baranowski. Serve this delicious sauce over your favorite pasta for a quick, delectable meal. Do NOT substitute half-and-half for the heavy cream if you want a thick sauce. Add butter, pesto sauce, garlic powder and salt.

Steps to make Tuna steak pasta with creamy pesto sauce:
  1. In a blender add the cooking cream, 2 tbsp of olive oil, pine nuts, basil, parmesan, crushed garlic cloves and lime juice. Blend on a medium speed until smooth.
  2. Heat the sauce in a pan with the cornflour over a medium heat, until slightly thicker. Stir consistently to avoid any lumps forming. (For best results make the night before and store in the fridge).
  3. Next boil water with salt and add the pasta. Cook for around 4 minutes.
  4. Heat the rest of the oil in a frying pan on a high heat.
  5. Season the tunas steaks with pepper on both sides.
  6. Once the pan is hot add the steaks and turn the heat down to a medium temperature.
  7. Cooked the tuna steaks for 1-2 minutes on each side depending on their thickness and how well you would like them cooked. You can watch the sides of the steak turn white to see how far they have cooked. Becareful not to dry the steak out, they can easily become dry.
  8. Now roast the extra pine nuts in the pan for a couple of minutes until browned.
  9. Serve the steaks over the pasta and heated sauce. Sprinkle the pine nuts on top and garnish with fresh basil.
  10. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Stir in basil pesto to coat. Drain pasta and place back in sauce pan. Mix in vegetable and tuna mixture. Add the sauce to the drained pasta along with the parmiggiano reggiano, stir everything together well and serve right away! This quick and comforting Creamy Tuna Pasta with Peas and Parmesan is a fast and easy weeknight dinner that only requires a few simple ingredients.

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