Tuna balls in tomato & red pepper sauce

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

By , 21 September 2015

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Tuna balls in tomato & red pepper sauce

  • 30 Mins

  • Serves: 4

Nutritional Info
Each 393g serving contains

  • Energy

    2686KJ

    642KCAL

    32%

  • Fat

    17.8g

    med

    25%

  • Saturates

    4.3g

    low

    22%

  • Sugars

    13.8g

    low

    15%

  • Salt

    0.70g

    low

    12%
of your reference intake.
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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Add the tuna balls to the sauce and simmer very gently for 10 minutes.

  • 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.