Do you feel bored eating the classic tuna pasta salad? Tuna is always a must for any self-respecting cold pasta, but the traditional recipe with cherry tomatoes and olives… Well, let’s just say it’s gotten a little old.
We’ve found some unusual (but delicious!) combinations for a lovely cold pasta with tasty tuna.
Ever tried tuna with fruit?
Maybe even the idea of tuna with fruit makes you uneasy, but when pasta is involved, trust us – it’s delicious. If you want to experiment – without overdoing it, of course – just add some bow-tie pasta to the tuna, black olives, cherry tomatoes, diced avocado, and corn. Plus, a little lemon juice to season the dish.
And if you’re in a daring mood and want to take advantage of seasonal fruit, make a pasta salad with arugula, blueberries, and walnuts or use peaches, arugula, and pecans.
For a cold pasta with tasty, but more wintery tuna (perhaps to take with you to work), use citrus fruit or apples. In the first case, add cubes of orange and grapefruit to your cold pasta with tuna and season with oil and fresh dill. Apples, especially the green variety, go well with celery, walnuts, raw red onion, and cranberry (or dried cranberries) – for a pasta salad with tuna with sweet, pungent, and crunchy notes.
Just a pinch of curry
Spices really change the face of every dish. If you are a lover of strong flavors, let the onions wither over low heat with oil, salt, and curry until they are very soft. Let them cool, add the tuna fish, and season the pasta.
Another tasty cold pasta with tuna and curry can be prepared by seasoning the pasta, boiled and now cold, with a diced red apple, raisins, curry, and a few tablespoons of natural Greek yogurt to combine all the flavors.
A simplified version of this cold pasta is with tuna, mayonnaise, curry, chopped almonds, and dried cranberries.
Flavors of the world
International cuisine can also provide inspiration for tasty and unusual tuna pasta salads. Season your tuna pasta salad with lime juice, fresh cilantro, chopped red onion, a little mustard and mayonnaise, and a sprinkling of pepper for a Mexican-flavored mix.
And if you love Middle Eastern cuisine, you’ll definitely love tuna pasta salad with tahina, the sesame seed paste that is the basic ingredient to hummus (it goes great with tuna as well). Make an emulsion with tahina, lemon juice, and lemon zest, extra-virgin olive oil and a minced clove of garlic (with the inner green bud removed) to season the pasta.
For an Asian twist, use soy sauce, fresh ginger, green onion, minced garlic, raw celery, sautéed mushroom, and sprouts!