Tasty angel hair nicoise ticks all the boxes

 This tasty pasta dish ticks all the boxes - easy, healthy, and quick. Tinned tuna can be substituted. 

Fresh tuna with pasta



Cooked tuna is sliced



Lime juice, garlic, anchovies and olives



Blanched beans

Angel  hair pasta

 



 

Angel hair pasta is a long, thin noodle with a round shape. It is also known as capellini or capelli d'angelo. The extremely fine pasta is excellent with light, delicate sauces as well as seasonal fresh vegetables.

Angel hair niçoise

400g (13 oz) fresh angel hair pasta
2 tablespoons chilli oil
550g Tuna Steaks
3 tbsp lime juice
2 tbsp olive oil
1 clove garlic, crushed
6 anchovy fillets, chopped
200g ~ beans, blanched
3/4 cup olives
1/4 cup roughly chopped flat~leaf (Italian) Parsley


In a large saucepan of boiling water, cook the pasta until al dente.
While pasta is cooking, heat a frying pan over high heat. Add the chilli oil and sear the tuna for 1 minute on each side. Remove the tuna from pan and slice into pieces.  Reduce the pan heat to low, add lime juice, olive oil, garlic olives and anchovies and cook for 1 minute.  Return tuna to pan to rewarm in the dressing.
Drain the pasta and place in a bowl with tuna, beans, olives and parsley and toss to combine.