Tomato Sauce with Tuna and Green Olives

Name: Tomato Sauce with Tuna and Green Olives
Yield: Enough for 1 pound of pasta
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons, olive oil; 2 medium cloves, garlic, minced; 1 (28-ounce) can, whole tomatoes, chopped coarse, with liquid reserved; 1 (6-ounce can), tuna packed in olive oil, drained and flaked; 12 , pitted green olives, chopped (about 2/3 cup); 2 tablespoons, minced fresh parsley leaves; , Salt and ground black pepper

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 1996

With minimal work clams, tuna, mussels, and shrimp can be turned into quick sauces for pasta.

SERVESEnough for 1 pound of pasta

TIME35 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

It took very little work to turn canned tuna into a quick pasta sauce. We simply made a quick sauce with garlic and canned tomatoes and stirred the tuna and olives in before tossing with pasta. We chose farfalle or fusilli for our tuna sauc...

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