tin fish pasta bake recipe
Tin fish pasta bake is a delicious tomato-infused cheese stretching macaroni goodness that is easy to make. Using tinned pilchards in tomato sauce reduces the time spent in the kitchen to 30 minutes. You will love this easy pilchard pasta bake recipe.
Ingredients
Pasta
- 500 grams penne any pasta will work
Tomato relish with pilchards
- 2 tsbp vegetable oil
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tsp crushed garlic
- 1 onion chopped finely
- 2 tomatoes chopped
- 1 tin pilchards in tomato sauce
spices
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp curry powder
- 2 tsp thyme
- 2 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp paprika
- 2 tsp brown sugar reduces the bitter taste.
- 3 tbsp tomato sauce
white sauce
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp flour
- 250 ml milk
- 125 grams grated cheddar cheese
Instructions
pasta
- Make the pasta according to the pasta packet instructions. Once done drain excess water and set aside.
tomato relish with pilchards
- Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat. Once heated, fry your onions, garlic and bay leaves for 3 minutes or until the onions have slightly browned.
- Add your tomatoes along with the rest of the spices into the pan and stir well. Continuously stir your relish to prevent burning.
- Once your tomatoes have softened, simmer your relish for a further 5 minutes then set aside.
- Add the cooked pasta to the relish and mix well, making sure that every pasta piece is covered in relish.
- Preheat your oven to 200 degrees on bake and grill.
cheese sauce
- In a small sauce pot, melt your butter then add flour and whisk well. Then add milk to your hot pot and continuously whisk your sauce until it thickens.
- Add half the grated cheese and whisk well. Season with salt and set aside.
how to assemble the pasta bake
- Place the tomato pasta into a glass casserole dish and level it out well.
- Spread the cheese sauce generously and evenly accross your pasta.
- Lastly, sprinkle the remaining cheese on top of the casserole dish and bake for 25 minutes.
- Enjoy.
