French
Pates au Thon (Pasta with Tuna)
Pates au Thon (Pasta with Tuna) is French home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 12 oz pasta (penne or spaghetti)
- 2 (5 oz) cans canned tuna in olive oil, drained
- 14 oz canned diced tomatoes
- 1 small onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
How to cook it
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the pasta until al dente.
- Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a skillet and cook the chopped onion and garlic over medium heat until soft, about 4 minutes.
- Stir in the diced tomatoes and simmer for 5 minutes until slightly thickened.
- Flake in the tuna and warm it through gently for 2 minutes so it stays tender rather than turning dry.
- Drain the pasta, toss it with the tuna sauce, season with the salt and pepper, and scatter the parsley on top before serving.
Serve it with
A French dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Pates au Thon (Pasta with Tuna), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Pates au Thon (Pasta with Tuna) carries gluten and fish. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Baguette Tradition au Beurre (Fresh Tradition Baguette with Butter) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Medium
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Meat or fish, Grains, and Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Pates au Thon (Pasta with Tuna) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on tuna, pasta, and tomato.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from France.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
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