Spaghetti And Tuna Meatballs

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tuna in vegetable oil, drained (reserve a bit of the oil)
• 2 tablespoons pine nuts
• 1 lemon, zest of
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley, roughly chopped
• 1 1/2 ounces fresh breadcrumbs
• 1 egg, beaten
• 14 ounces spaghetti
• 1 (17 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce

Recipe

• 1 flake the tuna into a bowl.
• 2 tip in the pine nuts, lemon zest, parsley, breadcrumbs and egg.
• 3 season and mix together with your hands until completely combined.
• 4 roll the mix into 12 walnut-sized balls.
• 5 put a large pan of water on to boil, then cook the spaghetti according to the pack instructions.
• 6 heat a little of the reserved tuna oil in a large non-stick frying pan. then fry the tuna balls for 5 minutes, turning every minute or so until completely golden.
• 7 drain on kitchen paper.
• 8 heat the spaghetti sauce and then toss together with the pasta and tuna balls.