Festive Fusili Pasta

Hi blogistas!

I've popped in back to my lovely corner here since I wanted to share with you guys some lovely things that I had encountered this month of August. I am apologising if I hadn't been updating that frequently but whenever I do I hope you enjoy what I put up in here.

This month I have been experimenting on quite a few food pieces that I love to share with my family especially on a good weekend. Alas though some of us are not here that as often as some of my siblings had moved out due to work, already has a family of their own and away for university.Pictured here is my delicious and satisfyingly healthy pasta I've cooked that I am looking forwrds to sharing this holiday because the colors are so festive!

I call this my Festive and Healthy Fusili pasta. I whipped this up last week after finding out that I still have a large canned tomato sauce in my kitchen cabinet. Well my mum's technically, but the kitchen is for every body to create some goodies, so it still goes. This recipe can literally be done in under an hour. Here's a list of what you'll be needing and how it's done.

Inredients:
1 450 grams fusili pasta (I prefer to use the semolina ones)
1 can tomato paste/tomato sauce
1 can tuna meat (sliced/chunks)
1 clove garlic minced
half of a red onion
2 tbsp olive oil
pinch of salt and pepper
handful of basil leaves

How To:
1. In a large pot with about 3-4 cups water and a bit of salt. Have the pasta cooked al dente in about 10-15 mins. I prefer to have the pasta be cooked and drained when I'm also whising up the sauce to avoid it sitting there and get all clumpy. 
2. While waiting for the pasta water to boil, in a deep sauce pan. Saute garlic,onions and tuna to have its oils bring in a good taste to the sauce. Add the tomato sauce or paste in the pan and make sure that you bring it to a consistency not to thick and just enough for it to blend well with the pasta later on. What I do is add a bit of the pasta water to thin out the sauce a bit if it tends to be heavy.  (This you can do optional, if you have white wine in your bar, you can mix in a small bit to umph the flavor a bit. I only do so when the occassion is a bit fancy *wink*)
3. Once the pasta is all cooked up and al dente. Drain the water out and give it a bit of a shake to let excess water out. Mix it on the sauce well and season with salt and pepper to give it its final taste complete.
4. Dress it up on a good big plate with and serve it up with a sprinkle of parmesan and basil, with a side of garlic bread or green salad.

Sorry if mine wasnt that plated up well because it was all gone after cooking but it was super fun preparing this dish. It was so yummy!
Hope you enjoy this and please do share any kitchen adventures you've had this month!

xKathleen =)