Tuna Pasta Bake This canned tuna pasta recipe is quick, healthy, and comforting. This tuna garlic pasta recipe takes me back to my childhood. My mom used to make something similar when I was a kid, and I just loved it.

Ingredients of Tuna Pasta Bake

  1. Prepare 2 of chopped onion.
  2. Prepare 2 can of chopped tomatoes.
  3. Prepare 1 can of sweetcorn.
  4. It's 2 medium of carrots.
  5. It's 2 can of tuna in water.
  6. Prepare 1/2 tsp of garlic powder or on crushed clove..
  7. You need 2 tsp of dried basil..
  8. You need 1/2 tsp of suger. to taste.
  9. It's 400 grams of dried pasta. macaroni or penn or twills. for this one I used cavatappi.

Tuna Pasta Bake instructions

  1. Cook pasta in lots of water. Leave pasta al denta. Drain rince and cool..
  2. Fry chopped onion in a little oil. Leave firm to bite..
  3. Add 2 tins of chopped tomatoes to onions and simmer..
  4. Add garlic powder, basil, suger and salt / pepper to mix, simmer for 5 mins on low heat. Taste and season to taste..
  5. Put tin of sweetcorn and 2 tins of tuna in large mixing bowl..
  6. After tomato mix has simmered add to mixing bowl and mix together. Leave to stand for 15 mins+.
  7. Add cooked carrots to mix..
  8. After pasta has drained add to bowl mix together. Leave for at least 3 hours for pasta to soak up juices..
  9. 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..
  10. Put mix into oven dish or dishes fill to just below the top..
  11. 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..
  12. 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..

There's something about a pasta bake that just seems to make everyone so happy. Our pasta bake takes a little bit more time, but is worth the effort. Add the drained tuna to the tomato sauce together with the chopped parsley, salt, sugar and pepper, stir together and check seasoning. Tuna pasta bake is a classic family recipe. The tuna pasta bake (commonly called "tuna noodle casserole" in the United States) is a classic comfort food.

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