Ingredients
- 300g fusili pasta
- 2 garlic cloves
- 60g rocket (save a pinch for the top)
- 20g parsley
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 20g parmesan , grated
- 1 tin of tuna
- pinch of black pepper
- 1 vegetable stock cube
Instructions
- Begin by cooking the pasta, crumble a vegetable stock cube into the water - cook until al dente - around 10 mins
- Drain the pasta and keep half a cup of the water from your pasta pan for later.
- In a food processor, blend the rocket, the parsley, olive oil, garlic cloves, lemon zest and juice, parmesan and the black pepper.
- Whizz the ingredients together until you have a sexy green pesto.
- Put a large saucepan on a low heat and add in the bright green pesto and tuna, followed by the pasta. Mix it all together until the pasta has been completely covered by the pesto. You may want to add in a little of the pasta water at this stage to loosen the pesto slightly.
- Top with a pinch of rocket and serve with a little grated Parmesan on top