Tuna Balls In Tomato Sauce

Name: Tuna Balls In Tomato Sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 tsp Bread Crumb (2 teaspoons Bread crumbs); 1 handful Endive (1 handful broad-leaved parsley); 400 g Chopped Tomatoes (1 can of whole tomatoes (400 g)); 6 ½ oz Tuna (1 (6 ½ oz.) can tuna); 1 cup Celery (1 cup chopped celery); 1 piece Egg (1 Egg); 0 pieces Basil (Fresh basil); 1 piece Garlic (1 Garlic glove); 2 tbsp Heavy Cream (2 tablespoons Heavy cream); 1 tbsp Lemon Juice (1 tablespoon Lemon juice); 1 tsp Lemon (1 teaspoon Lemon zest); 1 tbsp Marsala (1 tablespoon Marsala); 0 pieces Olive Oil (Olive oil); 1 tbsp Parmesan Cheese (1 tablespoon Grated parmesan); 2 tsp Pine Nuts (2 teaspoons Pine nuts); 0 pieces Table Salt (Salt/pepper); 1 piece Shallots (1 Shallot); 0 pieces Spaghetti (spaghetti)

70 minItalian

Servings2

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Steps

1Finely chop garlic and parsley.
2Drain the tuna from excess water (or oil) and mix well with garlic, parsley, parmesan, lemon zest, pine nuts, and bread crumbs. Adjust with salt and pepper before adding the egg. Again, mix well and leave cold and covered with a lid for 1/2 - 1 hour.
3Heat up a pan with a little olive oil. Form small balls with the size of a large walnut and fry at low-medium heat until well browned on all sides.In the meantime you can prepare the sauce. Finely chop shallot and garlic. Slice up the celery stalks.
4Heat up a medium sized pot and fry onions and celery for 2-4 minutes while stirring.
5Add tomatoes and marsala and simmer under the lid for 20-30 minutes. Adjust with lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
6Pour the sauce over the fried tuna ball and simmer for another 10 minutes. Prepare the spagetti according to the manufacturer.
7Add the cream to the tomato sauce just before serving.
8Serve on spagetti topped with freshly grated parmesan and torn basil.