Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, tuna & leek pasta bake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
A tuna (also called tunny) is a saltwater fish that belongs to the tribe Thunnini, a subgrouping of the Scombridae (mackerel) family. Tuna is versatile, nutritious and most importantly, delicious. Serve it cold, grilled or fried for a star-studded meal.
Tuna & Leek Pasta Bake is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Tuna & Leek Pasta Bake is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook tuna & leek pasta bake using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Tuna & Leek Pasta Bake:
- Make ready 400 g pasta shapes, eg fusilli
- Get 1 tbsp rapeseed oil
- Prepare 2 leeks, sliced
- Prepare 2 chillies, red or green, chopped with seeds
- Get 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- Prepare 50 g butter
- Get 50 g plain flour
- Take 600 ml milk
- Take 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- Prepare 250 g cheddar cheese, grated
- Make ready Salt
- Make ready Ground black pepper
- Prepare 3 x 180g tins tuna in spring water, drained
- Make ready 150 g frozen peas, defrosted
- Get 1 tbsp capers
- Take Handful parsley, chopped
Tuna, any of seven species of oceanic fishes, some very large, that constitute the genus Thunnus and are of great commercial value as food. Tunas are elongated, robust, and streamlined fishes; they have a rounded body that tapers to a slender tail base and a forked or crescent-shaped tail. Skipjack is the most commonly consumed species. From tuna casserole to tuna salad and tuna patties, there's no shortage of meals to make with canned tuna.
Steps to make Tuna & Leek Pasta Bake:
- Pre-heat oven to Gas Mark 4 or electric equivalent, probably 200C or 180C fan. 160C on Circotherm.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan and gently sauté the leeks, garlic and chillies, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes until cooked. Then remove from heat and place in a mixing bowl.
- Meanwhile cook the pasta in salted water according to instructions to the al dente point, drain it in a colander and add to the mixing bowl, stirring together with the leek mixture.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan on a moderate heat, then slowly stir in the flour. Cook for 1 minute, stirring gently.
- Gradually but not too cautiously stir in the milk and continue cooking until you have a thick white sauce. Remove from heat.
- Stir in the mustard and 200-225 g of the cheese. Taste and season as required.
- Add the tuna, peas, capers and parsley to the mixing bowl and pour the white sauce on top. Shake or gently stir to mix all the ingredients together.
- Transfer everything to a lasagne or similar dish and sprinkle on the remaining grated cheese, to cover evenly.
- Cook in pre-heated oven until top is golden-brown - 20-30 minutes. Sprinkle on a little more chopped parsley if wished and serve piping hot.
Canned tuna is affordable, non-perishable, and a high-quality source of protein with very little fat. Meaty tuna steaks and fillets cook quickly on the grill or stovetop, and the subtle flavor can be enhanced by a variety of sauces and seasonings. High-quality ahi tuna is also delicious eaten raw in thin slices or as part of sushi rolls—and even makes an outstanding burger. The tuna giant had asked U. Túna was a high green hill in the land of Aman.
So that is going to wrap this up for this special food tuna & leek pasta bake recipe. Thank you very much for your time. I am confident you will make this at home. There’s gonna be interesting food at home recipes coming up. Remember to save this page in your browser, and share it to your loved ones, friends and colleague. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!
