Tuna Pasta Bake
Tuna Pasta Bake is a dish that is very filling and incredibly easy and relatively quick to prepare. If you enjoy canned tuna, then this dish is for you.
Ingredients
- 7 oz/200 g pasta The weight of pasta before cooking, i.e., dry pasta,
- 2x14 oz (2X400g) canned crushed tomatoes (best quality) or canned diced tomatoes
- 1,5 tsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp dry herbs You can use for example herbes de Provence, Italian herbs, oregano.
- 1 tsp sweet paprika powder You can also use half a teaspoon of hot paprika powder.
- 1 onion medium-size
- 6 oz/170g mozzarella or cheddar cheese grated
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1oz/30g/2 tbsp butter
- 13oz/370g can chunk tuna drained , If you want, you can add more tuna.
- 1 tsp white sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
- Melt some butter and add a splash of olive oil to a pan. When the butter is all melty, throw in some finely chopped onion and cook it for about 3 minutes. Once that’s done, add the minced garlic, give it a good stir with the onions, and cook everything for around 30 seconds.
- Now, add canned tomatoes. To the tomatoes, add tomato paste, dried herbs, sweet paprika powder, salt, and sugar. Keep the tomato sauce on low heat for about 6-7 minutes, stirring occasionally. After this time, the sauce should thicken up nicely.
- Next, add canned tuna to the sauce, preferably tuna in oil. Drain it from the liquid, but you don’t have to be too thorough. Mix the tuna well with the sauce. Now, give your sauce a taste test to make sure it’s well-seasoned.
- Now, add the cooked pasta that you prepared earlier. I recommend cooking it al dente or for a minute less than what the package instructions say. Mix the pasta well with the sauce. Transfer everything to a baking dish and spread it evenly throughout the dish.
- Finally, generously sprinkle everything with grated mozzarella or cheddar cheese. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit) for about 20 minutes.