Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, tuna pasta bake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Creamy Tuna Pasta Bake - a classic meal that everyone loves - made with mostly store-cupboard ingredients! There's something about a pasta bake that just seems to make everyone so happy. Meaty tuna and penne pasta in a rich tomato and basil sauce topped with cheese and baked until deliciously golden. Confession: I say "Everybody has a can of tuna" but I don't.
Tuna Pasta Bake is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Tuna Pasta Bake is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook tuna pasta bake using 9 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Tuna Pasta Bake:
- Prepare 2 chopped onion
- Prepare 2 can chopped tomatoes
- Get 1 can sweetcorn
- Prepare 2 medium carrots
- Take 2 can tuna in water
- Prepare 1/2 tsp garlic powder or on crushed clove.
- Prepare 2 tsp dried basil.
- Make ready 1/2 tsp suger. to taste
- Make ready 400 grams dried pasta. macaroni or penn or twills. for this one I used cavatappi
Most of you might think you know how to make a tuna pasta bake, but to make a GOOD one, it's more than just bunging all. The beauty of this tuna pasta bake recipe is that you can use whatever you have in the cupboard. All that's left to do is divide your tuna pasta bake between serving plates and devour. Easy Tuna Pasta Bake. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines.
Steps to make Tuna Pasta Bake:
- Cook pasta in lots of water. Leave pasta al denta. Drain rince and cool.
- Fry chopped onion in a little oil. Leave firm to bite.
- Add 2 tins of chopped tomatoes to onions and simmer.
- Add garlic powder, basil, suger and salt / pepper to mix, simmer for 5 mins on low heat. Taste and season to taste.
- Put tin of sweetcorn and 2 tins of tuna in large mixing bowl.
- After tomato mix has simmered add to mixing bowl and mix together. Leave to stand for 15 mins+
- Add cooked carrots to mix.
- After pasta has drained add to bowl mix together. Leave for at least 3 hours for pasta to soak up juices.
- If pasta has soaked up all the juices and the mix is stiff and dry add passata or more tomatos to loosen. Remember you are going to bake it later.
- Put mix into oven dish or dishes fill to just below the top.
- Grate cheese on top to cover and bake untill cheese golden brown on 200 c Serve with green salad and garlic bread or chill and freeze. Keeps well in fridge or freezer. Microwave to reheat.
- This is the basic recipe but there are lots of variations such as cream cheese stirred into mix before cheese top go's on. Also replace tuna with cooked bacon and fresh cherry tomatoes, and or chicken. Also mix bread crumbs with cheese for crunchy top or cheese and onion crisps crumbled on top and then cheese. You can add peppers to mix and or peas and herbs and spices to your taste. Also my favorite is a layer of cheese sauce on top and then grated cheese. Cheap nutritional and taste great.
All that's left to do is divide your tuna pasta bake between serving plates and devour. Easy Tuna Pasta Bake. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. The tuna pasta bake (commonly called "tuna noodle casserole" in the United States) is a classic comfort food. Preparing this recipe from scratch takes a bit of time, but if you're in a rush, there's also. Cook the pasta in a saucepan of plenty of boiling.
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