Chitarrina or Fedelini with Tuna Ragù

Name: Chitarrina or Fedelini with Tuna Ragù
Cook time: 40 minutes
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 (24-ounce) bottle tomato passata; or 1 (28-ounce) can whole tomatoes; passed through a food mill 1 (14-ounce) can finely chopped tomatoes 2 large cloves garlic; lightly crushed 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon salt Generous pinch red pepper flakes 2 to 3 (5-ounce) cans best quality tuna in olive oil; depending on how much you like 6 to 8 best quality oil-packed anchovy fillets; coarsely mashed with a fork 1 tablespoon capers; chopped 1 pound pasta; either homemade or packaged spaghetti alla chitarra; fedelini; or spaghetti

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Domenica Marchetti | Fri, 12/17/2021 - 03:33

Difficulty Level

Medium

Cooking Time

40 minutes

Cost

Medium

A pasta dish featuring a canned tuna sauce may not sound especially celebratory, let alone worthy of Christmas Eve dinner. But this is the dish my Abruzzese mom made every year as part of our seafood feast, and it is indeed special—if prepared properly. The robustly flavored sauce relies on good pantry ingredients: the best-tinned tuna and anchovies you can procure, excellent capers, and high-quality canned (or home-canned) tomatoes. Though you would swear it has been simmering f