Jool's favourite Saturday Afternoon Pasta

This was a pretty tasty and easy pasta recipe. I love recipes that you don't have to go out and buy ingredients for, so this recipe was right up my alley! It had a bit of a bite to it but that was good! This recipe says it serves 4, but I halved everything and I still had heaps...

*Taken from Jamie Oliver's 'Cook With Jamie'*

Ingredients
Olive oil
1 red onion, peeled and finely chopped
1-2 fresh red chillies, deseeded and finely chopped
1 level tsp ground cinnamon
a bunch of fresh basil, leaves picked, stalks chopped
2 x 400g tins good-quality plum (Roma) tomatoes
2 x 300g jars good-quality tuna in olive oil, drained and flaked
sea salt and freshly ground pepper
500g good-quality rigatoni or penne
zest and juice of 1-2 lemons
a small handful of freshly grated Parmesan cheese

method
Heat a splash of olive oil in a heavy-bottomed pan and cook the onion, chilli, cinnamon and basil stalks on a medium to low heat for 5 minutes until the onion has softened and is slightly sweet. Turn up the head and add your tomatoes, tuna and a good pinch of salt. Break the tomatoes up using the back of a spoon, then bring to the boil and simmer for about 20 minutes. Taste for seasoning.

meanwhile, cook the rigatoni in a pan of salted boiling water according to the packet instructions. When al dente, drain the pasta in a colander, reserving some of the coking water. Toss the pasta into the tuna and tomato sauce with the roughly torn basil leaves, a glug of olive oil, the lemon zest and juice and Parmesan and mix well together. Loosen the pasta with a little of the reserved cooking water if needed. Check the seasoning and serve immediately.

Serves 4