Do you like oven recipes and want to prepare something simple and delicious for the weekend? Try this delicious and easy baked penne pasta with tuna and portuguese cornbread. Bon appetit!!!
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INGREDIENTS FOR EASY BAKED PENNE PASTA WITH TUNA AND PORTUGUESE CORNBREAD
- Canned tuna, penne pasta, Portuguese cornbread, olive oil, cream, béchamel sauce
HOW TO MAKE EASY BAKED PENNE PASTA WITH TUNA AND PORTUGUESE CORNBREAD
Cook the pasta in a saucepan with water seasoned with salt.
Place the olive oil, chopped onion and the peeled tomato cut into small pieces in a saucepan and cook over low heat until the tomato start to break down, stirring occasionally. Add the shredded tuna and season with a little pepper. Stir and cook about 4 to 5 minutes. Add the pasta, the cream and the béchamel sauce to the tuna saucepan and mix everything well. Cook for more 2 to 3 minutes and turn off the heat.
Cut the Portuguese cornbread into pieces. Place the cornbread in a food processor and pulse until fine crumbs.
Place the tuna and pasta mixture on a baking dish and sprinkle with the Portuguese cornbread.
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Easy baked penne pasta with tuna and portuguese cornbread
![Easy baked penne pasta with tuna and portuguese cornbread on a baking dish with a spoon](https://www.foodfromportugal.com/content/uploads/2018/11/tuna-pasta-portuguese-cornbread-oven-4-300x224.jpg)
Do you like oven recipes and want to prepare something simple and delicious for the weekend? Try this delicious and easy baked penne pasta with tuna and portuguese cornbread. Bon appetit!!!
- 350 grams (12 1/3 ounces) canned tuna
- 100 grams (3 1/2 ounces) Portuguese cornbread
- 200 grams (7 ounces) penne pasta
- 50 ml (1/4 cup) olive oil
- 1 medium ripe tomato
- 1 medium onion
- Pepper (to taste)
- 200 ml (1/2 pint (236 ml)) whipping cream
- 200 ml (about 1 cup) béchamel sauce
- Salt (to taste)
- Cook the pasta in a saucepan with water seasoned with salt. When the pasta is cooked, drain it with a skimmer and set aside.
- Place the olive oil, chopped onion and the peeled tomato cut into small pieces in a saucepan and cook over low heat until the tomato start to break down, stirring occasionally. Add the shredded tuna and season with a little pepper. Stir and cook about 4 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the pasta, the cream and the béchamel sauce to the tuna saucepan and mix everything well. Cook for more 2 to 3 minutes and turn off the heat.
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF). Cut the Portuguese cornbread into pieces. Place the cornbread in a food processor and pulse until fine crumbs.
- Place the tuna and pasta mixture on a baking dish and sprinkle with the Portuguese cornbread. Bake until golden brown, about 35 to 40 minutes.
- Turn off the oven and serve.
Ingredients
Béchamel sauce recipe