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!!!
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.
Bake until golden brown, about 35 to 40 minutes. Turn off the oven and serve.
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Easy baked penne pasta with tuna and portuguese cornbread
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.
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