Insalata di Pasta Profumata al Limone

By AlexG

Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients

• 14 oz pasta
• 4 carrots - peeled and grated
• 12 oz can tuna - flaked
• 2 cloves garlic, finely minced
• 3 tablespoons minced parsley and basil
• 2 lemons - juices
• 1 lemon - grated zest
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• Salt & pepper

Preparation

Step 1

Grate the carrots directly into a bowl. Crumble the tuna into the bowl as well, add the garlic, the lemon juice and zest, stir in 5 tablespoons of the oil, season lightly with salt, dust with a healthy grating of pepper, mix well, and chill the mixture, covered, for at least an hour in the fridge.

Bring pasta water to a boil, salt it, and sprinkle 2 tablespoons of oil over it before cooking the pasta. Drain it when it's still fairly firm (you want it to be al dente when you serve the salad, so you don't want it too soft to begin with) and run it under cold water to cool it. When the pasta has cooled, stir it into the tuna mixture, season the pasta with the minced herbs, and sprinkle the remaining oil over it if necessary.