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Tuna Pasta Recipes

Choose creamy, spicy, baked and tomato tuna pasta recipes built around affordable tinned fish and realistic weeknight methods.

Tinned tuna can lead to very different dinners. This collection separates quick creamy sauces, chilli-tomato spaghetti, family bakes and lighter pantry combinations so each page answers a distinct need.

6editorially reviewed recipes
Golden tuna and sweetcorn pasta bake in a white ceramic dish↗
Pantry-to-table classic

Tuna Pasta Bake

A creamy, lemony tuna bake with sweetcorn, peas and a crisp Cheddar crumb.

50 minEasyServes 6
Cold tuna fusilli pasta salad with cucumber sweetcorn tomato and dill↗
South African pantry lunch

Tuna Pasta Salad

Tuna, sweetcorn, cucumber and herbs meet a lemony yoghurt dressing in a make-ahead salad that stays fresh rather than heavy.

25 minEasyServes 6
Golden Cape Malay inspired curried tuna pasta with peas and coriander↗
South African-inspired pantry pot

Cape Malay Curried Tuna Pasta

Warm curry spice, tuna, peas and a restrained fruit-chutney note turn pantry pasta into a clearly labelled local fusion.

30 minEasyServes 6
Spaghetti with flaked tuna reduced tomato capers lemon and parsley↗
25-minute pantry dinner

Tuna Tomato Pasta

Tinned tuna, capers, lemon and a properly reduced tomato sauce coat spaghetti in a fast, affordable no-cream dinner.

25 minEasyServes 4
Farfalle in lemon cream sauce with tuna flakes peas and parsley↗
Fast pantry comfort

Creamy Tuna Pasta with Peas

Tuna flakes, peas and farfalle in a light lemon cream sauce that comes together while the pasta boils.

25 minEasyServes 4
Fusilli with tuna flakes capers olives and spicy tomato sauce↗
Tomato pantry supper

Spicy Tuna Pasta

Tuna, capers, olives and fusilli in a concentrated chilli-tomato sauce for a fast dinner with real savoury bite.

25 minEasyServes 4
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