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cheesy pasta bake

Tuna Pasta With White Sauce

Miranda | My Anosmic Kitchen
This tuna pasta with white sauce recipe is the perfect weekday oven bake that all comes together in 30 minutes. It's really so quick and easy, creamy and packed with delicious spoonfuls. Let me show you how to cook this pasta bake in layers of delicious flavor.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 200 grams pasta I used fusilli pasta but use any 2 cups
  • 1 tbsp. vegetable oil
  • 1 small onion or half a large peeled and chopped
  • 2 cloves of garlic peeled and minced
  • 1 tbsp. tomato paste
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 170 grams canned tuna
  • 150 grams spinach (about 3 cup or a couple hand fulls.
  • 400 grams canned chopped tomato

White Cheese Sauce

  • 100 grams mozzarella cheese
  • 2 tbsps. flour
  • 70 grams butter unsalted 4 to 5 Tbsps.
  • ½ cup parmesan cheese
  • 1 teaspoon garlic & herb
  • Pinch of fresh black pepper
  • 2 cups milk

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 190c/375f
  • Cook the pasta: In a pot of salted boiling water, cook the pasta for 2 minutes less than the required time on the packet, drain.
  • Prep the veg: While the pasta is cooking, add the spinach and tomato into a food processor for a few seconds to combine. Set aside.
  • Cook the aromatics: Heat the oil in a pan and cook the onions till soft. Add the garlic and tomato paste. Stir and cook for a minute or two on medium heat.
  • Seasoning: Add salt and pepper to taste.

Cheese/White Sauce

  • Make the Béchamel Sauce: Heat a pan and melt the butter, add in the flour and pour the milk in two parts stirring continuously until you get a slightly thick consistency. Turn it into a cheese sauce (Mornay Sauce) In-between stirring also add the parmesan cheese and garlic & herb seasoning. If it's too thick add milk, if you need flour to thicken, add flour by the teaspoon. Finish with a pinch/sprinkle of fresh black pepper. Find a full béchamel sauce recipe here.
  • Combine all the Ingredients together and prep to bake: Add the cooked pasta into an oven dish, add the tuna, spinach and tomato mix, white sauce and combine everything. Bake: Top it with grated cheese and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
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