Creamy Tuna Pasta
"Cooked penne pasta mixed in a creamy tuna sauce with mushrooms, topped with grated parmesan cheese. Filipinos would fondly call this tuna carbonara. Penne is from the word “pen”, and gets its name from its pen-like shape, which is the cylindrical shape with angled edges. This kind of pasta also goes well with almost every type of sauce. This pasta is easier to eat, too.We have canned tuna in all grocery and sari-sari stores we go to, so this is also something you can prepare at any time you crave for it."
Serves5
Preparation Time5 min
Cooking Time15 min
Cooking MethodCasserole, Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
- 400 gram penne pasta
- 3 can tuna flakes in oil choose the spicy variant if you want a spicy version of this recipe
- 4 clove minced garlic
- 1 white onion finely diced
- 1 cup mushroom pieces and stem
- 2 packet all-purpose cream
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- 1 tablespoon butter
- Cooking oil
- salt
- Ground black pepper
- Grated parmesan cheese
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Prepare all the ingredients. Mince the garlic and finely dice the onion, set aside. Drain water from canned mushrooms. Open the all-purpose cream packs, and set aside ½ cup evaporated milk. Open canned tuna. It’s important that all ingredients are ready before you begin, since this is a quick recipe, and we do not want to overcook the cream.
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Cook penne pasta. Boil a pot of water with salt for at least 2 minutes. Add the penne pasta, and cook according to packaging instructions which is usually 8-10 minutes, or to your preferred doneness. Drain and set aside.
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Cook the creamy tuna sauce. In a pan, sauté onions and garlic until onions are translucent and soft. Add the drained mushrooms, and sprinkle with salt with pepper. Cook until mushrooms shrink in size, which should take about 3-5 minutes under medium heat. Add the canned tuna, and mix well. Add the butter and let it melt away into the sauce. Add the all-purpose cream and evaporated milk. Mix well until the sauce is well-blended.
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Mix the sauce and pasta, until all the pasta is coated with the sauce.
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Add cheese. Transfer into a serving dish while it’s hot, and grate some Monterey Jack and parmesan cheese.
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Serve and enjoy! You can also refrigerate or freeze some, and just reheat when ready to be consumed. Make sure to let it cool down before covering or putting inside the fridge.