A timely meal . . .

A quick and easy recipe. This one's not local, but seems to reflect the crunch being felt around here. Based on a recipe from The Silver Spoon.

Ingredients:
-Dried Pasta
-Canned tuna (I used canned in olive oil)
-Olive oil
-Bread crumbs (here I put some leftover On the Rise baguette in the food processor)
-Tomato paste
-Salt and pepper
-Garlic (optional)
-Rosemary (optional, minced)
-Hot pepper flakes (optional)
-Pine nuts (optional)

Method:
-Get pasta going
-Gently heat olive oil, tuna, and tomato paste in a separate pan (add garlic, rosemary, pepper flakes, and pine nuts if using)--don't brown the garlic
-Add a little of the warm pasta water to the tuna mixture/sauce and season judiciously with salt and aggressively with black pepper--strangely, it should have a bolognese-like consistency
-Once the sauce has been going for a bit remove the garlic, which should be softened, smash it, and mush and chop it into a paste, then add it back to the sauce
-Now the pasta should be ready, drain it being sure to reserve some water
-Add pasta to sauce pan and loosen with a little of the pasta water if necessary
-Mix and plate, topping with bread crumbs

This is a quick, low cost meal that is immensely satisfying.