Tuna Bake

Name: Tuna Bake
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Jamaica
Ingredients: 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) penne pasta; 2 spring onions, chopped; 2 × 400 g cans tomatoes in thick juice; salt and black pepper; 2 × 200 g cans tuna, drained; leaves from 6 thyme sprigs; 125 g (4½ oz) Cheddar cheese, grated; 1 green pepper, deseeded and cubed; 1 onion, roughly chopped; 1 red pepper, deseeded and cubed; 2 tbsp olive oil

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Food for Friends

By Levi Roots

Published 2010

About

This is one of the most popular dishes at my café. You can dub it up with chilli if you want to give it some heat; however, it’s a great supper dish for kids and they may want it without the kick.

Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, roughly chopped
1 red pepper, deseeded and cubed

Americas
Jamaica
Fish course
Dinner
Pescatarian
Spicy
Caribbean

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/gas mark 5. Heat the oil in a sauté pan or saucepan over a medium heat and cook the onion and peppers for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the onion is pale gold and soft. Meanwhile, cook the pasta in plenty of boiling