Tuna and Sweetcorn Pasta Bake
Built entirely from long-life pantry stock plus milk and cheese.
Ingredients
- Tinned tuna in springwater425 g
- Pasta shapes400 g
- Tinned sweetcorn400 g
- Milk500 ml
- Plain flour40 g
- Butter40 g
- Grated tasty cheese150 g
- Brown onion150 g
Method
- Heat the oven to 200C and cook the pasta 2 minutes short of al dente. Drain.
- Melt the butter in a saucepan, cook the finely diced onion for 5 minutes, then stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute.
- Gradually whisk in the milk and cook until the sauce thickens. Stir in two thirds of the cheese and season well.
- Fold through the pasta, drained tuna and drained sweetcorn, then tip into a baking dish.
- Scatter over the remaining cheese and bake for 20-25 minutes until bubbling and golden.
Cooking for a different diet?
Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.
Vegetarian
Broccoli and Sweetcorn Pasta Bake
- 400 g Broccoli instead of Tinned tuna in springwater
Cut the broccoli into small florets and add them to the pasta water for the last 2 minutes, then fold through with the corn; the 20 to 25 minute bake is unchanged.
Gluten-free
- 400 g Gluten-free pasta instead of Pasta shapes
- 40 g Gluten-free plain flour instead of Plain flour
Cook the gluten-free pasta 3 minutes short of al dente, as it softens further in the oven; make the sauce with gluten-free flour exactly as before.
Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.
What it costs, and where to buy it
Shops to compare
List price at each shop
AldiBest choiceno items missing · $10.23 of food
$24.02
57% spare
Colesno items missing · $10.73 of food · $0.50 more
$17.09
37% spare
Woolworthsno items missing · $11.07 of food · $0.84 more
$22.83
52% spare
$2.56a serve
$2.56 a serve, cheapest at Aldi
About $10.23 of ingredients used for 4 serves.
$22.37 across 3 shops · all 8 items priced · $5.51 more for bigger packs, 60% spare for later
AldiBest choice$10.23
no items missing
you'll pay $24.02 · 57% of it spare
Coles$10.73
no items missing · $0.50 more
you'll pay $17.09 · 37% of it spare
Woolworths$11.07
no items missing · $0.84 more
you'll pay $22.83 · 52% of it spare
Buy at Aldi$20.74
Tinned tuna in springwater
$7.74/kg
need 425 gPortview Tuna Chunks in Springwater 425 g$3.29closest match
Aldi$7.74/kg$3.29·Coles$7.76/kg$3.30·Woolworths$10.53/kg$1.00
Pasta shapes
$0.178/100g
need 400 gCucina Pasta Spirals 500 g$0.89
Aldi$0.178/100g$0.89·Coles$0.180/100g$0.90·Woolworths$0.200/100g$1.00
Plain flour
$1.20/kg
need 40 gWhite Mill Plain Flour 2 kg$2.39closest match
Aldi$1.20/kg$2.39·Woolworths$1.30/kg$1.30·Coles$1.30/kg$1.30
Butter
$1.60/100g
need 40 gPure Valley Salted Butter 250 g$3.99closest match
Aldi$1.60/100g$3.99·Woolworths$3.00/100g$3.00·Coles$3.00/100g$3.00
Grated tasty cheese
$13.58/kg
need 150 gWestacre Dairy Shredded Tasty Cheese 500 g$6.79closest match
Aldi$13.58/kg$6.79·Coles$20.00/kg$5.00·Woolworths$15.00/kg$7.50
Buy at Woolworths$0.63
Brown onion
~$3.32/kg
need 150 gOnion Brown each 189.76 g$0.63
Woolworths~$3.32/kg$0.63·Aldi$3.49/kg$0.63·Coles$4.20/kg$0.84
Buy at Coles$1.00
Tinned sweetcorn
$2.38/kg
need 400 gColes Simply Corn Kernels 420 g$1.00
Coles$2.38/kg$1.00·Woolworths$2.38/kg$1.00·Aldi$5.30/kg$2.65