Sample the flavours of the Med without leaving your home! Serve this tasty dish straight from the oven for tea, then save any leftovers for a tasty lunchbox filler.
Mediterranean Tuna Pasta Bake
Made with Branston Beans
Ingredients
Serves 6-8
400g canned tuna
700g penne pasta
400g Branston Beans
400g canned tomatoes
1 tsp salt
Pinch of cracked black pepper
20g fresh basil, roughly chopped
15ml red wine vinegar
1 medium red onion, diced
1 red pepper, diced
1 yellow pepper, diced
25g honey
50g tomato puree
120g olives, roughly chopped
20g grated hard cheese
100g grated mozzarella
10g cooking oil
15g garlic puree
Method
- Cook the penne pasta and cool to one side.
- In a large pan on medium heat, add the cooking oil, onion, peppers, salt and the black pepper. Cook for 10 minutes until the vegetables are soft.
- Add the Branston Beans, tomatoes, red wine vinegar, honey, tomato puree and garlic puree. Simmer for ten minutes.
- Fold the pasta, tuna, olives and the fresh basil into the tomato sauce, before transferring everything into an oven-proof baking tray.
- Sprinkle the cheese on top, then bake in the oven at 180c (fan) for 25 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy!
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