Want to prepare a quick and delicious dinner for your family? Nothing like cooking this easy pasta gratin with tuna with béchamel sauce, cream and grated cheese. Bon appetit!!!
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INGREDIENTS FOR THIS RECIPE
Here you'll find all the ingredients needed to make this recipe:
- Elbow pasta
- Canned tuna
- Whipping cream
- Grated cheese
- Pepper
- Nutmeg
- Olive oil
- Onion
- Garlic
- Béchamel sauce
- Salt
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 a little salt and a peeled onion. When the pasta is cooked, drain it and set aside.
Step 2: Meanwhile, place the olive oil, chopped onion and the chopped garlic in a saucepan and saute over low heat until the onion start to turn slightly golden. Add the tuna and season with a little pepper. Stir and cook over low heat about 3 to 4 minutes. Add the pasta to the pan and mix in the tuna.
Step 3: Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF).
Step 4: In a bowl, combine the cream, the béchamel and the 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 to 40 minutes.
Step 5: 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? Nothing like cooking 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
- 125 grams (4 1/2 ounces) grated cheese
- Pepper (to taste)
- Nutmeg (to taste)
- 50 ml (1/4 cup) olive oil
- 1 medium onion
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 small onion to cook the pasta
- Salt (to taste)
- 200 ml (about 1 cup) béchamel sauce
- Cook the pasta in a saucepan with water seasoned with a little salt and a peeled onion. When the pasta is cooked, drain it and set aside.
- Meanwhile, place the olive oil, chopped onion and the chopped garlic in a saucepan and saute over low heat until the onion start to turn slightly golden, stirring occasionally. Add the tuna and season with a little pepper. Stir and cook over low heat about 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the pasta to the pan and mix in the tuna.
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF).
- In a bowl, combine the cream, the béchamel and the 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 to 40 minutes.
- Turn off the oven and serve.
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