Recipes
Tuna balls in tomato & red pepper sauce
If you're short on time, you could cook the balls in a pot of Asda Tomato & Basil Sauce
If you're short on time, you could cook the balls in a pot of Asda Tomato & Basil Sauce
Cook: 30 Mins
Serves: 4
Price: £1.54 per serving
Nutritional Information
Each 393g serving contains
Energy
2684kj
642kcal
2684kj
642kcal
32%
Fat
17.8g
17.8g
Med
25%
25%
Saturates
4.3g
4.3g
Low
22%
22%
Sugars
13.8g
13.8g
Low
15%
15%
Salt
0.70g
0.70g
Low
12%
12%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
683kj/163kcal
Typical energy values per 100g:
683kj/163kcal
Ingredients
1 small onion, chopped
1 pointed sweet red pepper, de-seeded and sliced
2 tbsp olive oil
390g tetra pack Asda Chopped Tomatoes With Garlic
3 level tsp dried oregano
4 tbsp tomato ketchup
400g pack Asda Frozen Tuna Steaks, thawed and drained
50g bread (slightly stale)
1 medium egg, beaten
350g spaghetti
25g Parmesan, grated
Method
1
Cook the chopped onion and pepper in a pan with half the oil until soft but not coloured. Add the tomatoes, 2 tsp of the oregano and 3 tbsp water. Bring to the boil, then cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat, add the ketchup and blitz with a hand-held blender until almost smooth. Season.
2
While the sauce is cooking, cut the tuna and bread into small pieces and put in a bowl with the rest of the oregano. Season and blitz with a hand-held blender until the tuna is finely chopped. Add enough egg to bind the mixture together and then shape into 16 balls.
3
Heat the rest of the oil in a large non-stick frying pan and cook the tuna balls a few at a time, turning often, until they change colour all over.
4
Add the tuna balls to the sauce and simmer very gently for 10 minutes.
5
Meanwhile, add the spaghetti to a pan of boiling water and bring back to the boil. Simmer fast for 10-12 minutes until just tender. Drain and top with the tuna balls and sauce. Add Parmesan shavings before serving.