Tuna and Gruyere Pasta Bake
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recipe by Chloe Harris www.chloefoodie.com
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- Total Time
- 47mins
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- Serves
- 6
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- Calories
- 723
This pasta bake is a firm family favourite. The perfect meal to whip up with ingredients from your pantry. This pasta bake also freezes well, just freeze any leftovers in individual portions and reheat in your Panasonic 4-in-1 Oven, microwave function and enjoy
recipe updated Mar 15, 2022
Ingredients
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- Canned tuna
- 4
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- Garlic clove
- 2
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- Rigatoni pasta
- 500 g
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- Frozen spinach
- 250 g
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- Tomato basil sauce
- 800 g
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- Salt
- as needed
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- Red pesto
- 120 g
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- Gruyère cheese
- 200 g
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- Water
- 4 L
Tools
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Stove
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Panasonic 4-in-1 Microwave Oven
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Glass baking dish - 13 x 9 x 2"
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Large mixing bowl
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Large saucepan
Step preview
- Add water and salt to a clean large saucepan
- Bring to a boil
- Add your rigatoni pasta and frozen spinach blocks
- Boil over high heat for 10-12 mins or until the pasta is al dente
- Drain the pasta and spinach in a colander and save one cup of the pasta water
- Add the cooked pasta, spinach, and reserved pasta water to a large mixing bowl
- Add in the drained tuna, crushed garlic, your favourite tomato and basil sauce, red pesto and a generous seasoning of salt
- Mix to combine
- Add the pasta and all the ingredients to a 9x13" microwave safe dish and press the pasta down gently so it is in an even layer
- Add the grated gruyère cheese on top in a generous layer
- Place the dish in the Panasonic 4-in-1 oven and cook for 30 mins on Combo 1
- Remove carefully and serve immediately