Creamy Tuna Pasta Bake Recipe | Easy, Cheesy, and Perfect for Weeknight Dinners
Discover the ultimate creamy tuna pasta bake recipe! Packed with cheesy goodness and tender pasta, this family-friendly dish is quick, easy, and perfect for weeknight meals. Learn how to make it step-by-step.
Ingredients
- 500 grams pasta I use fusilli, but any will work.
- 80 grams unsalted butter
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 300 ml double cream
- 550 ml whole milk
- 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1.5 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp chilli flakes to taste
- 2 tsp dried parsley
- 1 tsp salt
- 1.5 tsp 1.5 tsp black pepper
- 0.25 tsp fenugreek seeds
- 100 grams grated cheddar cheese you will some extra for topping the bake
- 300 grams tinned tuna this is 3 tins of drained tuna
- 150 grams sweetcorn I use frozen sweetcorn
- 2 tbsp breadcrumbs
Instructions
- First of all, start to cook the pasta. Add water to a large saucepan, bring it boil and then add your pasta. Cook until soft or as per the cook instruction on the packet.
- Whilst the pasta is cooking, start on your sauce, In a another medium sized pan add your butter and melt.
- Once the butter has melted, add the flour and stir through, make sure there aren't any lumps.
- Then add the double cream, milk, paprika, chilli flakes, parsley, salt, fenugreek seeds, garlic and stir through. Cook on a medium to low heat until the sauce has thickened.
- Then add in the cheddar cheese, tuna and sweetcorn and stir through. Turn off the heat.
- By this time, the pasta will have cooked, drain off the water and add it to an oven proof baking tray.
- Then pour over the tuna sauce on the pasta, ensure all the pasta is coated properly. Use a spoon to do this.
- Sprinkle over some additional grated cheese and the breadcrumbs. Then bake at 180C for 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
