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Cheesy Tuna Pasta is pure child friendly comfort food! Made with tuna, Cheddar cheese, onion and a tin of condensed celery soup, it’s a dish I’ve loved since childhood! Best of all it’s so quick and easy to make!

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Cheesy Tuna Pasta is my daughter’s absolute favourite dish but I haven’t been able to make it for more than a year as the key ingredient (condensed asparagus soup) was suddenly not available in any supermarket. 

She has literally pined for this dish and I keep explaining the situation to her and how I have contacted the manufacturer (Batchelors) who still make the soup and that they only sell it to Sainsbury’s.  

However after making a request for them to stock it in my area, it has fallen on deaf ears.  Hence I decided to go off piste as they say, and try the dish with condensed celery soup.

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This worked just as well as my daughter hardly noticed the difference.  My mother used to make this recipe with condensed mushroom soup as well but personally I am not so keen on this.  This recipe originally came from a family friend and is quick, simple and very satisfying.

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I’m sure you’ll love this Cheesy Tuna Pasta that I’ve been enjoying since childhood.

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Cheesy Tuna Pasta

Pasta spirals in a gooey, soupy, cheesy sauce with onions and tuna. Delicious.
Course Main
Cuisine British, Italian
Servings 4
Author Camilla Hawkins

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp Light olive oil
  • 1 Large onion finely chopped
  • 350 g / 14 oz Fusilli (pasta twists)
  • 295 g Tin condensed asparagus or celery soup
  • 100 g Mature cheddar grated
  • 185 g / 6 ½ oz Tin of tuna drained

Instructions

  • Sweat the onions on a low heat in a large non-stick pan for 10 minutes stirring occasionally (using a lid makes them less likely to burn). You want to cook not brown the onions.
  • While the onions are sweating, cook the pasta according to the instructions in plenty of boiling salted water.
  • Add the soup and tuna to the onions and heat through.
  • Stir in the grated Cheddar until it melts.
  • Drain the pasta, add to the the sauce and mix thoroughly.
  • Serve with a mixed salad.

Notes

Don't use pre-grated Cheddar cheese as this is coated in starch and doesn't melt as well as freshly grated Cheddar.

 NB: Photos updated 1/3/2017

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  1. Andy Patrick

    For the record, they don’t say “off piste”. Nobody says or does that. However, the correct expression is going “hors piste” which is a French language expression and when properly used, conveys literally deviating from the intended course as in a downhill ski race.

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    • Camilla

      My daughter keeps nagging me to make this as it’s her favourite dish but since they stopped making the condensed asparagus soup I just don’t make it as often.

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  12. Lisa Williams

    This looks delicious and easy 🙂 Thank you for your posts they really help when I am struggling to find something for dinner !!

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  13. Jo Booth

    tuna pasta is my daughters favourite, I’ll try your recipe next time instead of using the jar of sauce 🙂

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  15. Sarah Maclean

    Sounds delicious, have now added condensed soup (asparagus or celery) to my shopping list!

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