

Tuna and eggplant linguine
Ingredients
- 200g wholemeal linguine or spaghetti
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, plus extra to drizzle
- 1 red onion, finely chopped
- 1 large eggplantaubergineX, cut into 2cm pieces
- ½ bunch parsley, finely chopped, including stems
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 400g can cherry tomatoes
- 425g tuna in springwater, drained
- ¹⁄³ cup pitted kalamata olives, roughly chopped
- 1 lemon, zest and juice
- 75g rocketarugulaX leaves
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Instructions
1 Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil. Cook pasta according to packet instructions until al dente. Drain and reserve 1 cup pasta water.
2 Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large, deep frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook onion, stirring, for 2 minutes or until starting to soften, then add eggplant, parsley and garlic. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes, then add ¹⁄³ cup water and cook for a further 5 minutes, or until eggplant is just tender. Add tomatoes and reserved pasta water and bring to a simmer. Add tuna and olives and reduce the heat to medium. Cook for 3 minutes, or until heated through. Stir in lemon zest and juice to combine. Season with freshly ground black pepper.
3 Serve with rocket leaves and drizzled with remaining oil.
HFG tip
You can make this vego too by omitting the tuna and doubling the eggplant. Add fresh red chilli or dried chilli flakes for a flavour kick.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 428cal
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Kilojoules 1789kJ
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Protein 30.3g
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Total fat 12.6g
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–Saturated fat 2.2g
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Carbohydrates 40.8g
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–Sugars 9.1g
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Dietary fibre 12.0g
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Sodium 524mg
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Calcium 165mg
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Iron 4.9mg
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