Creamy Tuna Pasta Bake Recipes

CREAMY TUNA PASTA BAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/350f.
• Boil a large pan of water, add the pasta and cook for 10 minutes.
• Whilst the pasta is cooking, melt the butter in a saucepan, add in the onion and cook on low for 6-8 minutes until the onions are very soft.
• Turn up the heat to medium and stir in the flour. Cook for 1-2 minutes. Slowly add the milk, using a whisk to stir (just stir, don't whisk) it in.
• Once all the milk is incorporated, continue to heat whilst stirring until the sauce thickens. Then stir in 2/3 of the cheese until melted. Season with the salt and pepper.
• Drain the pasta and pour into a 20x30cm baking dish. Pour over the white sauce, then add the tuna, sweetcorn and petit pois.
• Mix together, then sprinkle on the remaining cheese.
• Bake in the oven for 15-20 mins until the cheese is golden brown. Top with a sprinkling of parsley before serving.

CREAMY TUNA PASTA BAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180°C/160°C (fan) or gas mark 4.
• Place a large pan of water over high heat and bring to a boil. Lightly season with sea salt, then add the pasta and cook for about 7-9 minutes.
• Look at the instructions on your pasta packaging. See how long it tells you to boil the rigatoni for, and drain the pasta three minutes before this time.
• For the white sauce, melt the butter in your saucepan and stir in the plain flour to make a "roux", which is basically the base of the sauce.
• Once you have cooked the roux for a minute (don't let it brown), slowly stir in 600ml of milk, and stir, gently but continuously, until the sauce thickens, about 5-7 minutes.
• If the sauce starts bubbling, turn the heat to low and continue to stir until the sauce has reached a silky creamy consistency.
• Turn the heat off and season with sea salt, freshly cracked black pepper and freshly grated nutmeg to taste.
• Once the white sauce is ready, stir in 2/3 of the cheddar and 2/3 of the parmesan cheese, and set the sauce aside.
• By this time, your rigatoni should be ready and super al dente.
• Drain and transfer the pasta into a large bowl, add in the tuna, sweetcorn and peas.
• Stir in ½ of the white sauce and mix until combined. You can also add some chopped parsley if you like.
• Transfer the ingredients in a 6x8 inches baking dish, and top with the remaining white sauce.
• Sprinkle the remaining cheddar and parmesan cheese on top, and your pasta is ready to hit the oven.
• Bake for around 15-20 minutes, or until the cheese on top is golden brown. If you want some nice crunchy brown spots, set the baking dish under the grill for 2-3 minutes extra.

GORDON RAMSAY'S CREAMY TUNA PASTA BAKE RECIPE - PASTA.COM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F.
• Cook pasta in salted water according to package instructions.
• In another pan with salted water, cook broccoli florets until fork tender.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil in a pan over medium heat and cook onion until lightly golden. Season with garlic powder and oregano. Stir to combine.
• Drain the pasta.
• Add tuna, pasta, white sauce, and cheddar cheese into the pan with cooked onion. Stir well to combine.
• Pour the mixture into a 7x11 inch baking pan. Top with broccoli florets and sprinkle with grated Parmigiano and breadcrumbs.
• Bake for 20 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and let stand for at least 10 minutes before serving.
• Serve and enjoy.

CREAMY TUNA PASTA BAKE

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package, drain and leave to one side.
• Preheat oven to 175 degrees and grease a large casserole dish.
• In a small saucepan add the butter and saute the onions, mushrooms and pepper until soft, drain and leave to cool.
• In a large mixing bowl combine all the vegetables, tuna, sour cream, mayonnaise, mustard, lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper.
• In a large casserole dish add the cooked pasta and boiled eggs. next add the vegetable/tuna mixture, gently combining everything together.
• Top with the crushed cornflakes and sprinkle on the cheese.
• Bake in the oven until bubbly (about 30 minutes). Add the sliced tomato before serving.

CREAMY TUNA PASTA BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C - Grill
• Start by adding the rigatoni to salted boiling water, timer set to 2 minutes minus the packet time.
• Next, add the onions and olive oil to the pan on a low/medium heat. Gently fry for around 5 minutes until softened (not caramelised). Add the garlic in for a couple minutes to fry once softened.
• Then, add the drained tuna, cream cheese, cheddar and two ladles of pasta water. Stir until the cheese melts and a creamy sauce is achieved. Add extra pasta water as necessary.
• Stir the lemon juice and dijon mustard into the sauce and season with salt and lots of pepper. Pour the rigatoni, sweetcorn and creamy tuna sauce into a baking dish (around 12 inch x 10 inch). Stir to incorporate everything and top with the remaining cheddar. Pop under the grill for 10 minutes, or until the cheese is golden brown and crispy.

TUNA PASTA BAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4.
• Boil 600g rigatoni for 2 mins less time than stated on the pack.
• To make the sauce, melt 50g butter in a saucepan and stir in 50g plain flour.
• Cook for 1 min, then gradually stir in 600ml milk to make a thick white sauce.
• Remove from the heat and stir in all but a handful of the 250g grated cheddar.
• Drain the pasta, mix with the white sauce, two 160g drained cans tuna, one 330g drained can sweetcorn and a large handful of chopped parsley, then season.
• Transfer to a baking dish and top with the rest of the grated cheddar.
• Bake for 15-20 mins until the cheese on top is golden and starting to brown.

EASY TUNA PASTA BAKE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add penne and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain and toss pasta with 1 tablespoon olive oil.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an ovenproof baking dish.
• While penne is cooking, melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring often, until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add tuna and cook for 2 minutes. Pour heavy cream over tuna and season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Add penne and toss well. Transfer to the prepared baking dish and cover with Parmesan cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top is golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.

CREAMY TUNA-NOODLE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cook noodles according to package directions for al dente, adding peas during the last minute of cooking; drain., Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine soup, sour cream, cheese, milk and salt; stir in tuna, onion and pepper. Add noodles and peas; toss to combine., Transfer to an 11x7-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. In a small bowl, toss bread crumbs with melted butter; sprinkle over top. Bake, uncovered, 25-30 minutes or until bubbly.