PASTA IN TUNA SAUCE

serves 4-6

500 g small elbow macaroni
50 g butter
2 tablespoons plain flour
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon fresh chopped basil
4 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
Pinch cayenne pepper
salt to taste
1 x 225 g can tuna
1 teaspoon lemon juice
2 cloves garlic, crashed
100 g fresh beans, sliced and cooked.
mozzarella cheese slices.
1/2 cup parsley, chopped

While macaroni is cooking in plenty of salted boiling water, in a pot melt butter add flour and stir for a couple of minutes.
Slowly add milk and stir until boiling. Add basil, Parmesan cheese, salt, cayenne pepper and stir for another minute or two.
Drain tuna and break into pieces and add to sauce with garlic, lemon juice and beans and cook gently until beans are heated through.
Drain cooked macaroni, put into a large bowl, add tuna sauce and mix. Transfer the tuna pasta mix into a shallow ovenproof dish cut mozzarella slices into halves and arrange on top of pasta. Put into a hot oven to melt cheese slightly. Serve and sprinkle chopped parsley.

pasta in tuna sauce

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