POLOKWANE – Neapolitan sauce, also called Napoli sauce or Napoletana sauce is the collective name given (outside Italy) to various basic tomato-based sauces derived from Italian cuisine, often served over or alongside pasta.
This recipe by What’s for Dinner is simple and easy to make, taking only 10 minutes to prep and 20 to cook.
Ingredients
1 x KNORR Tuna Napolitana
200ml water
400g chopped tomatoes
3tbsp tomato puree
2 120g can flaked tuna
275g cooked pasta shapes
Method
Blend the contents of the sachet with the water, chopped tomatoes and tomato puree in a saucepan.
Bring to the boil, stirring constantly.
Add the tuna and heat through. Then add the cooked pasta and heat thoroughly.
Delicious with a mixed salad and a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese.
Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard
