Tuna Pasta Bake.
Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, tuna pasta bake. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Tuna Pasta Bake is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it's quick, it tastes yummy. Tuna Pasta Bake is something which I have loved my entire life. They're fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have tuna pasta bake using 9 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Tuna Pasta Bake:
- {Make ready 2 of chopped onion.
- {Get 2 can of chopped tomatoes.
- {Make ready 1 can of sweetcorn.
- {Make ready 2 medium of carrots.
- {Take 2 can of tuna in water.
- {Take 1/2 tsp of garlic powder or on crushed clove..
- {Prepare 2 tsp of dried basil..
- {Take 1/2 tsp of suger. to taste.
- {Make ready 400 grams of dried pasta. macaroni or penn or twills. for this one I used cavatappi.
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..
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