Tuna pasta bake

Tuna pasta bake is a main course that serves 6. For $1.41 per serving, this recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Watching your figure? This lacto ovo vegetarian recipe has 738 calories, 29g of protein, and 26g of fat per serving. This recipe is liked by 1298 foodies and cooks. It is brought to you by BBC Good Food. If you have butter, plain flour, spring water, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 50 minutes. Overall, this recipe earns an outstanding spoonacular score of 84%. Similar recipes include Tuna pasta bake, Pastan and Tuna Cheddar Bake, and Tuna Sweetcorn Pasta Bake.

Servings: 6

Preparation duration: 10 minutes

Cooking duration: 40 minutes

 

Ingredients:

50g butter

250g strong cheddar, grated

330g can sweetcorn, drained

large handful chopped parsley

600ml milk

50g plain flour

600g rigatoni

2 x 160g cans tuna steak in spring water, drained

Equipment:

sauce pan

oven

Cooking instruction summary:

Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4.Boil the pasta for 2 mins less time thanstated on the pack. To make the sauce,melt the butter in a saucepan and stirin the flour. Cook for 1 min, thengradually stir in the milk to make a thickwhite sauce. Remove from the heatand stir in all but a handful of cheese.Drain the pasta, mix with the whitesauce, tuna, sweetcorn and parsley,then season. Transfer to a baking dishand top with the rest of the gratedcheese. Bake for 15-20 mins untilthe cheese on top is golden andstarting to brown.

 

Step by step:


1. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4.Boil the pasta for 2 mins less time thanstated on the pack. To make the sauce,melt the butter in a saucepan and stirin the flour. Cook for 1 min, thengradually stir in the milk to make a thickwhite sauce.

2. Remove from the heatand stir in all but a handful of cheese.

3. Drain the pasta, mix with the whitesauce, tuna, sweetcorn and parsley,then season.

4. Transfer to a baking dishand top with the rest of the gratedcheese.

5. Bake for 15-20 mins untilthe cheese on top is golden andstarting to brown.


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