Tuna Pasta Bake

One of the wide range of things I like to make and eat are pasta bakes. It's simple, filling, cheap and endlessly variable.

^{Served hot the night of cooking the pasta bake}

This most recent variation that I made started out as this recipe before I made the modifications that brought me to the recipe below.

Ingredients

^{I think I've got everything in the ingredients photo this time}

• 250 grams Fusili
• 400 grams Tuna, Drained
• 1/2 cup Frozen Peas & Corn
• 1 can Condensed Cream of Chicken & Corn Soup
• 1/2 can Water
• 25 grams Fetta
• 1 cup Grated Cheese
• 1/2 cup Parmesan
• 1/3 cup Breadcrumbs

Method

• Pre-heat the oven to 180C.
• Grease a baking dish with at least 8 cup capacity
• Cook the **Fusili **for 2 minutes short of the packet instructions, and drain.
• Combine the Tuna, Fetta, Peas & Corn, Soup, Water, and Pasta in a bowl and mix well.

^{I mixed all the ingredients asides from the pasta before adding the pasta and mixing again}

• Season the mixture to your liking.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared dish
• Top with the Grated Cheese, then Breadcrumbs, then Parmesan

^{It never changes what they look like by this stage. cheese and breadcrumbs}

• Bake in the oven for 30 minutes, or until golden on top

^{and while they all look the same at this point, they all look a lot tastier too!}

• Serves 4

^{When served hot, it puddles like this}

^{If left to cool before serving, you get nice slices like this that stay that way even after re-heating}

Additional Comments

• Original recipe only calls for 185 g Tuna, but I like more in my pasta.
• I made mine serve 6 instead of 4, thanks to the additional tuna.
• When you let a pasta bake cool, you can serve slices of it, rather than having it puddle on the plate.
• I was interested in how well the soup worked as a binding liquid, instead of cream and/or milk. Added a nice flavour to it also.

Previous Recipes

Chicken Sliders
Lamb, Brocolli and Capsicum Stirfry
Beef and Brocolli Stirfry
Gary's Lamb and Tomato Curry
Moroccan Tagine
Chicken Paella
Sausage Rolls
Creamy Bacon Fettucine
Simple Chicken Curry

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