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Tuna and basil sauce in jacket potatoes

  • Time to make: 15 mins, plus time to make Tomato and vegetable sauce*
  • Serving: 4 people
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 quantity Tomato and vegetable sauce*
    • 2 x 185g cans tuna chunks in water, drained
    • 2 tablespoons sliced marinated sun-dried tomatoes
    • ½ cup shredded fresh basil leaves
    • 4 floury (roasting) potatoes
    • *Tomato and vegetable sauce
    • 1 tablespoon olive oil
    • 1 onion, chopped
    • 3 stalks celery, chopped
    • 1 medium leek, chopped
    • ½ cup dry white wine
    • ½ cup hot water
    • 400g can whole tomatoes in juice
    • 410g can tomato purée
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Prick the potatoes and cook them in the microwave for 10 minutes until cooked, or bake them in the oven for 40 minutes.

    2 Heat the Tomato and vegetable sauce* in a saucepan until hot. Add the tuna, sun-dried tomatoes and basil. Stir well, then spoon over hot jacket potatoes and serve.

    *Tomato and vegetable sauce

    Heat olive oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan. Add onion and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes. Add celery and leek and cook, stirring, for 10 minutes until soft. Add wine and water and bubble for 5 minutes until the liquid has almost evaporated. Add tomatoes and tomato purée and stir with a wooden spoon. Simmer for 10 minutes, uncovered, until the sauce starts to thicken.

    You can also use this sauce as a base in these recipes:

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    Chilli tomato sauce with chickpeas
    Spinach and black olive sauce with pasta

    Variations

    This is also good tossed through pasta or noodles.

    Check out these great potato based recipe ideas:

    Potato and pumpkin gratin

    Pork and bean jacket potatoes

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    Stuffed potatoes with cheese

     

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