Want to prepare a quick and delicious dinner for your family? Make this easy pasta gratin with tuna with béchamel sauce, cream and grated cheese. Bon appetit!!!
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INGREDIENTS FOR EASY PASTA GRATIN WITH TUNA
Here you'll find all the ingredients needed to make this recipe:
- Pasta - Elbow pasta to mix with the tuna.
- Canned tuna - Flaked tuna.
- Whipping cream, béchamel sauce and nutmeg - For the sauce.
- Grated cheese - Parmesan cheese or mozzarella cheese.
- Pepper - For seasoning the tuna.
- Olive oil, chopped onion and chopped garlic - For sautéing and to add flavor.
- Salt - To season the pasta cooking water.
Below you’ll find the correct measurement of all ingredients and the step-by-step guide for this recipe.
HOW TO MAKE EASY PASTA GRATIN WITH TUNA
Step 1: Cook the pasta in a saucepan with water seasoned with salt and a peeled onion. When the pasta is cooked, drain it and set aside.
Step 2: Drain the tuna and flake it with a fork; ser aside.
Step 3: In a large saucepan, add the olive oil, chopped onion and the chopped garlic. Sauté over low heat until the onion start to turn slightly golden. Add the tuna and season with pepper. Stir and cook over low heat about 3 to 4 minutes. Turn off the heat and mix the pasta with the tuna.
Step 4: Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF).
Step 5: Combine the cream, béchamel sauce and nutmeg.
Step 6: Turn off the oven and serve.
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Easy pasta gratin with tuna
Want to prepare a quick and delicious dinner for your family? Make this easy pasta gratin with tuna with béchamel sauce, cream and grated cheese. Bon appetit!!!
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- 250 grams (8 3/4 ounces) elbow pasta
- 350 grams (12 1/3 ounces) canned tuna
- 200 ml (1/2 pint (236 ml)) whipping cream
- 200 ml (about 1 cup) béchamel sauce
- 25 grams (1 ounces) grated Parmesan cheese or grated mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- A pinch of nutmeg
- 50 ml (1/4 cup) olive oil
- 1 medium onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 small onion to cook the pasta
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Cook the pasta in a saucepan with water seasoned with salt and a peeled onion. When the pasta is cooked, drain it and set aside.
- Drain the tuna and flake it with a fork; ser aside.
- In a large saucepan, add the olive oil, chopped onion and the chopped garlic. Sauté over low heat until the onion start to turn slightly golden, stirring occasionally. Add the tuna and season with pepper. Stir and cook over low heat about 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Turn off the heat and mix the pasta with the tuna.
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF).
- Combine the cream, béchamel sauce and nutmeg. Place the pasta and the tuna on a baking dish and drizzle with the béchamel and cream mixture. Sprinkle with grated cheese and bake until golden brown, about 35 minutes.
- Turn off the oven and serve.
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