Tuna Pasta Bake
Turn those tuna cans and pasta packets that have been gathering dust in your pantry into this scrumptious tuna pasta bake recipe. Baked pasta and tuna in a delicious tomato sauce with melted cheese on top.
Ingredients
- 50 ml Olive Oil
- 2 Garlic
- 1 tsp Crushed Chillies
- 2 tsp Cumin Seeds
- 1 Onions
- 1 Bell Pepper Red
- 1 Bell Pepper Green
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Black Pepper
- 200 g Tuna
- 250 g Pasta Penne
- 300 g Pasta Sauce
- 100 ml Double Cream
- 250 g Cheese Mozzarella
Instructions
- Heat up the oil in a pan on medium heat until hot
- Add the finely chopped garlic cloves, cumin seeds and crushed chillies then sauté for 1-2 minutes
- Add the chopped onions and cook for 3-4 minutes until softened
- As the onions are cooking chop the bell peppers and add into the pan then cook for a further 4-5 minutes on medium heat
- Add the tuna then cook for 2-3 minutes ensuring that you break up the tuna as you mix
- Add the pasta sauce in and cook for 3-4 minutes
- Add the double cream and cook for another 4-5 minutes
- Add the boiled penne pasta and cook for 3-4 minutes on low heat
- Add 100g of the mozzarella cheese then mix until cheese is melted
- Transfer the pasta mixture into a heatproof oven dish and top with the remaining mozzarella cheese
- Bake in a preheated oven at 200°c Gas Mark 6 for 10-12 minutes
- Serve immediately alongside a healthy green salad and enjoy!
Notes
Nutritional facts:
The provision of nutritional information is done so merely as a courtesy and should not be taken as a guarantee.
Nutrition
Calories: 704kcalCarbohydrates: 60gProtein: 34gFat: 37gSaturated Fat: 16gCholesterol: 96mgSodium: 1463mgPotassium: 728mgFiber: 5gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 3173IUVitamin C: 84mgCalcium: 392mgIron: 4mg
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