Tuna Pasta Bake |
Hiii! Thought of sharing a recipe this time. Tuna Pasta Bake. This recipe is from my sister-in-law. So credit goes to her. I did not have enough ingredients, so I tweaked my ingredients a bit. I used whatever ingredients I had in the kitchen. The ingredients here is enough for about 3 baking pans. Okay now, first and foremost, the ingredients:
Ingredients / Bahan-bahan
The ingredients for Tuna Pasta Bake *NOT INCLUDED: olive oil, tomato puree and herbs |
- 1 packet of bow tie pasta / 1 paket pasta tali leher busar (kah kah kah, suka hati direct translation)
- 3 Leggo's Pasta Bake sauce (2 Creamy Tomato & Mozarella, 1 Tomato, Ricotta & Spinach)
- 3 canned Tunas. Here I used, Captain's Catch Tuna Chunks in Spring Water
- 1 can of button mushrooms (or more if you like a lot of mushrooms)
- Shredded cheese mix. Do purchase the large packet, or a few of the small ones. The more the cheese the better!
- Olive oil (didn't have olive oil, so I substituted it with margarine)
- Various Italian herbs (didn't use, cause I didn't have any)
- Tomato puree (optional ingredient)
Let's get cookin'! / Mari memasak!
Ye puan-puan (dan tuan-tuan), mari kita mulakan...
- Cook the pasta: i) Boil water. ii) At boiling point add in salt and olive oil/margarine. iii) Boil pasta according to time stated on package minus 2 minutes (if the pasta says boil for 10 minutes, boil it at 8 minutes instead).
- In a separate pot, dump drained tuna (toskan/keringkan air tuna di dalam tin). Use olive oil/margarine to cook the tuna. Pour just enough of olive oil to cover bottom of the pan. Tak perlu letak banyak sangat. Cook for 3-4 minutes. In the meantime, heat up the oven and butter the pan.
- In this step, you need to use a very large pot. Because we will be making the sauce for the pasta. Drain the mushroom, then sautee it with a little bit of olive oil for 3 minutes.
- Next, add in tomato puree (optional). Didn't have tomato puree, so I made my own.
- Then add in all the different pasta sauces. Stir untill simmer (kacau sehingga mereneh). Put in a generous amount of Italian herbs of your liking into the sauce (oregano, thyme, e.t.c...). Yang ni Anna tak bubuh sebab dah habis dah, ingat ada lagi. Sob sob.
- Once the pasta sauce starts simmering again, dump in the tuna you cooked earlier. Stir to mix.
Mushrooms, tuna, bow tie pasta mixed with the pasta bake sauce. - Add in the cooked pasta. Make sure the water has been drained. Now, mix everything together gently. Sila kacau dengan lemah-lembut supaya tidak menghancurkan pasta. Yes, you need to be gentle with the pasta, it breaks easily. Not pretty.
Added Cheddar cheese slices. The more the merrier. Nyumm. - Now that everything is mixed, pour about 1/3 of the pasta mix into the buttered pan (pastikan anda sudah menenyeh bekas nak bakar tu dengan butter/marjerin, kalau tak letak, melekat nanti bila bakar). Then sprinkle the shredded cheese mix evenly onto the pasta. Because I had very little cheese, I added cheddar cheese slices on top.
The top part of the Tuna Pasta Bake - Then, pour more of the pasta over the sprinkled cheese. And add another layer of cheese on top. (repeat this with the other baking pans). Pandai-pandailah bahagikan pasta dan cheese tu ya.
- Put it in the pre-heated oven and bake 'till the cheese melts. Ya masukkan ke dalam ketuhar dan bakar sehinnga keju cairrrrr. Tadaaa. Dah siap.
Cooking from the heart to the tummy,
{Sue Anna Joe}