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Tuna & Vegetable Pasta Bake | Easy & Delicious Recipe

The first time I tasted pasta was when I was studying in an Italian nursing School. They used to cook for us plain boiled pasta with four main ingredients - pasta, water, salt and cooking oil.
Pasta was really not my favourite but over time, I grew to enjoy it. The children however, having been born and raised in the UK, always enjoyed eating pasta dishes. I have been trying different pasta dishes and this particular one, is the family's favourite.
Print Recipe
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine International
Servings 7 people

Equipment

  • 2 large saucepans
  • Chopping board
  • kitchen knife
  • wooden spoon
  • Draining spoon/ladle strainer
  • A large roasting dish

Ingredients
  

Tuna & Vegetable Pasta Bake

  • 1 kg pasta
  • 2 tins tuna
  • 3 medium onions
  • 3 carrots
  • 1 courgette
  • 1 tin chopped tomatoes
  • 1 tin garden peas
  • 500 g pasta sauce
  • 2½ bell peppers
  • 300 g mild cheddar cheese
  • 1 tsbp curry powder
  • 1 tsp ground black pepper
  • 2 tbsp cooking oil

Instructions
 

Preparation

  • Chop up all the vegetables and set aside

The Vegetable Sauce

  • Heat up the oil in the pan
  • Add onions and fry for appx 5 minutes or until golden brown
  • Add curry powder, mix and add tomatoes immediately
  • Add black pepper and mix well
  • Add 1 cup of hot boiling water in the pan
  • Cover and cook for 10 minutes or until the sauce thickens
  • Add the pasta sauce mix and cook for a further 5 minutes
  • Add all the vegetables and cook for 5 minutes
  • Add salt
  • Cover the saucepan and cook for 5 minutes
  • Test to make sure the salt is enough and the vegetables are cooked
  • Add the tuna to the sauce
  • Add the green peas
  • Add the pasta to the sauce or the sauce to the pasta and mix well
  • Scoop it out into a large roasting dish
  • Grate the cheese and sprinkle over the pasta mix
  • Bake in the oven, gas mark 6 for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown
  • Serve with fresh vegetable salad of your choice

Plain Boiled Pasta

  • Place pasta in a large saucepan
  • Add hot boiling water until it covers the pasta
  • Add a tablespoonful of salt and mix well
  • Do not cover the saucepan as pasta tends to boil over, but keep turning every now and again with draining spoon for even cooking
  • Cook until it softens
  • Drain out the water from the pasta and set aside
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