Italian tuna balls

Name: Italian tuna balls
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 2 160g cans of tuna in sunflower or olive oil, drained (reserve a little oil); small handful of pine nuts; freshly grated zest 1 lemon; small handful parsley leaves, roughly chopped; 50g fresh breadcrumb; 1 egg , beaten; 400g spaghetti; 500g jar pasta sauce

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Prep Time: 15 minutes

Total: 20 minutes

Servings: 4

Author : Good Food team

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Ingredients

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2 160 grams cans of tuna in sunflower or olive oil, drained (reserve a little oil)small handful of pine nutsfreshly grated zest 1 lemonsmall handful parsley leaves, roughly chopped50 grams fresh breadcrumb1 egg, beaten400 grams spaghetti500 grams jar pasta sauce

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Instructions

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Step 1

Flake the tuna into a bowl, then tip in the pine nuts, lemon zest, parsley, breadcrumbs and egg. Season and mix together with your hands until completely combined. Roll the mix into 12 walnut-size balls. Put a large pan of salted water on to boil, then cook the spaghetti according to pack instructions.

Step 2

Heat a little of the tuna oil in a large non-stick frying pan, then fry the tuna balls for 5 mins, turning every minute or so until completely golden. Drain on kitchen paper. Heat the tomato sauce, then toss together with the pasta and tuna balls.