QUICK AND EASY TUNA PASTA BAKE ALA SHAN
Ingredients:
1 tin of shredded tuna
250g or Pasta of your choice
1 large onion roughly chopped
3 tablespoons oil
50g butter
2 tablespoons flour
500ml milk
3 tablespoons tomato puree
1 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 cup grated gouda or cheddar cheese
Some fresh thyme (optional)
Salt and pepper
Method:
Boil the pasta and let it cool down
Fry the onions with oil in a pan till brown
Now for the white sauce..
Melt the butter in a deep pot
Only when butter is melted then you may add the flour, stirring all the time
When flour is dissolved add the milk (make sure you have no lumps in the butter flour mixture) keep stirring for about 3-5 minutes
Add tomato puree and stir for another minute or so
Add the parmesan cheese not forgetting to continue stirring
Add salt pepper and thyme
Add the drained tin of shredded tuna and mix
Then add the cooked pasta and mix everything thorough through
Place the pasta mixture in an oven proof dish
Sprinkle with Gouda/cheddar
Bake for 20 minutes on 150°C
Recipe and photo: Shan T Russ
Picture no 2:
Shan T Russ
That’s the one yes, this time I just added some mix coloured peppers, left out the tomato puree and garnished it with spring onions that’s all
