Tuna Pasta Bake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 4
Ingredients
- 400g pasta (or 100g per person)
- 2 cans of tuna in brine (or one can for every 2 people)
- Frozen peas (handful per person)
- 2 cans of sweetcorn (or a can for every 2 people)
- 2 cans of sweetcorn (or a can for every 2 people)
Sauce
- 400g pasta (or 100g per person)
- 2 cans of tuna in brine (or one can for every 2 people)
- Frozen peas (handful per person)
- 2 cans of sweetcorn (or a can for every 2 people)
- 2 cans of sweetcorn (or a can for every 2 people)
- 50g butter
- 50g flour
- 500-600ml milk
- 250-300g of cheddar cheese (grated)
- 2 tablespoons (approx) of tomato puree
Method
- STEP 1Put pasta in pot #1, fill with water, bring to boil & let simmer. When pasta is almost ready, add frozen peas.
- STEP 2Meanwhile, in pot #2 (this should be larger), melt butter on heat, add flour and whisk together. Then add milk, and then all but a handful of the cheese, and finally tomato puree, whisk all together
- STEP 3Drain pasta & peas, add to pot #2, then drain tuna and sweetcorn tins and add these too. Mix all together.
- STEP 4Put contents of pot #2 into a baking dish, sprinkle remainder of cheese on top, place in preheated oven until cheese has melted, then serve.
