Tuna Pasta Bake

Tuna and bacon pasta bake. You can also put in individual dishes if people are eating at different times. I have frozen this and it was nice.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 8  slices  of best back bacon
• 300  g pasta, shapes any
• 25  g butter
• 1  tablespoon olive oil
• 2  tablespoons plain flour
• 200  ml  vegetable stock
• 200  ml milk
• 2 (185 g) cans chunk tuna, drained
• 75  g cheddar cheese, grated
• 50  g  fresh breadcrumbs
•  salt and pepper
•  mixed herbs

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 190c.
2. In a big pan cook the pasta as per packet with lightly salted water.
3. Melt the butter and oil in a saucepan and to it add the bacon chopped into pieces. Cook for 2 minutes. Stir in the flour and cook 2 more minutes; remove from the heat.
4. Gradually stir in the stock and milk, then return to the heat and cook, gently stirring all the time until the sauce thickens; season to taste.
5. Place the now cooked pasta in a shallow oven-proof dish and scatter the tuna on top. Toss lightly; pour over the sauce.
6. MMx together the breadcrumbs and grated cheese and scatter over the top. Add herbs either fresh or dried--less if using dried.
7. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes or until golden brown.