Mackerel and red lentil fusilli with creamy pepper sauce recipe
Created by The Tesco Recipes team
Make the most of store cupboard ingredients with this mackerel pasta dish. Tender fish is coated in a creamy pepper sauce and served with gluten-free red lentil fusilli. This dish will become a firm family favourite.
See method- Serves 4
- Takes 20 mins
- 585 calories / serving
- Gluten-free
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 red peppers, sliced
- 1 onion, sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 400g tin chopped tomatoes
- 250g red lentil fusilli
- 150ml 50% less fat crème fraîche
- 2 x 125g tins mackerel in tomato sauce
- 10g fresh basil, leaves picked
Each serving contains
- Energy
- 2455kJ 585.0kcal
- Fat
- 24g
- Saturates
- 8g
- Salt
- 0.8g
- Sugars
- 14g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 58.6gProtein 31.5gFibre 7.5g
Method
- Heat the oil in a frying pan over a medium heat and fry the peppers and onion with a pinch of salt for 6-8 mins until tender. Stir in the garlic, fry for 1 min, then tip in the tomatoes with half a can of water (200ml). Simmer for 10 mins until the sauce thickens slightly.
- Meanwhile, cook the pasta to pack instructions. Drain well, reserving 100ml cooking water.
- Add the crème fraîche and mackerel to the tomato sauce and warm through for 2 mins, breaking up any large pieces of mackerel with a spoon; season. Fold in the pasta and toss to coat in the sauce, adding a little of the reserved water to loosen if you need. Scatter with the basil leaves to serve.
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