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

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Tips for making great Pesto Pasta with Tuna. Don't cook the pasta all the way through when boiling. You will be adding the pasta at the end after cooking the sauce.

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

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

Heat the sauce in a pan with the cornflour over a medium heat, until slightly thicker. Stir consistently to avoid any lumps forming. Meanwhile, heat olive oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add the Century Tuna and continue sautéing until vegetables are soft.

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.

Meanwhile, cook the pasta according to package directions. Drain the pasta, reserving about ½ cup of the pasta water. Turn machine on, then drizzle in olive oil while it mixes. Remove the skillet from the heat, add the cream and stir well. Return the tuna steaks to the skillet.

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