Tuna Pasta Bake Recipe | Food

Date Published:: 06/03/2008

This is a great standby to have on your list of dishes when the fridge is bare as all the ingredients can be found in your store cupboard or freezer. Use any pasta but bows, penne or macaroni work best.

Serves 4

Ingredients

4 spring onions or 1 small onion, finely chopped
125g each frozen peas and sweetcorn
A squeeze of lemon juice
600ml milk
25g plain flour
2 x 185g tins tuna
1 tbsp olive oil
300g pasta
25g butter
125g hard cheese
1 tsp mustard

Method: How to make tuna pasta bake

1. Preheat the oven to 160°C. In a frying pan stir fry the onions for 1-2 minutes in a little oil. Drain the tuna well, and flake into a bowl.

2. Cook the pasta in a pan of boiling water for about 15 minutes or until just cooked. Add the frozen peas to the pan 5 minutes before the end of cooking.

3. To make the sauce, place milk, flour and butter in a small saucepan and whisk continuously over medium heat until the sauce begins to boil and thicken.

4. Turn down the heat to its lowest and let the sauce cook for 2 minutes.

5. Add the grated cheese and mustard, keeping a little cheese back for the topping. Season with a little lemon juice.

6. Mix the pasta with the peas, spring onion, tuna and cheese sauce and pour into a lightly oiled ovenproof dish. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese and bake in a preheated oven until golden on top, about 25 minutes.

By Caroline Marson, ©For further tips on reducing food waste, visit Love food hate waste

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Have just made it now, tastes delicious, will make again. this recipe is going in my bookmarks so i can make it again. was very easy and useful, as had ingredients around the kitchen

Posted by richhayley on 29/10/2009 18:28:43

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Amazing recipe, really quick and easy and tasted delicious! Thanks for posting this on the website, I shall be cooking it again!

Posted by Caroline on 30/09/2009 20:22:33

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thanks for the recipe it's amzazin.i trust the website cause i have took a cake recipe before and it was really good.i look forward to coming back to the sight.thanks again.

Posted by sasha on 03/09/2009 12:27:18

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tried this out rather reluctantly thinking its way to simple so it wont taste good ...but how wrong i was so easy to do yet tastes like tons of effort has gone into it fab recipe

Posted by carol on 19/07/2009 09:40:45

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thankyou for the recipe i look forward to cooking it tonight. Your website is very easy i will be back for more recipes as ihave enjoyed looking at all your lovely ideas yum yum

Posted by susan tomlin on 07/04/2009 14:39:50

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Great website and great food to !

Posted by sophie on 20/03/2009 14:58:49

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I'm not at all good with cooking and giving this a try and am following the intructions to the letter. What about the sweetcorn? Do you cook those with the peas? there's no mention of them other than in the ingredients. I'm goin to assume you do and will try anyway, wish me luck!

Posted by TCole on 19/03/2009 20:57:30

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this is some good eating.

Posted by jParker on 27/02/2009 12:45:24

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thank you for this lovely recipe, i could use over and over again untill i will get bored,but that'l never happen.

Posted by victoria hawkins on 17/11/2008 14:57:30

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i think your tuna pasta bake recipe is really great and absolutely delicious. It is so easy to make and the preparation time is only 20 minutes and cooking time is 25 minutes so it gives you enough time to

Posted by oyufyjhuh on 11/11/2008 21:47:45

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