
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
New WorldBest choiceyou pay $31.84 · 54% spare
$14.56
no items missing
Pak'nSaveyou pay $29.85 · 47% spare
$15.68
no items missing · $1.12 more
Woolworths NZyou pay $39.16 · 56% spare
$17.10
no items missing · $2.54 more
$3.64a serve
$3.64 a serve, cheapest at New World
About $14.56 of ingredients used for 4 serves.
$31.16 across 3 shops · all 8 items priced · $2.37 more for bigger packs, 57% spare for later
$14.56
no items missing
you'll pay $31.84 · 54% of it spare
$15.68
no items missing · $1.12 more
you'll pay $29.85 · 47% of it spare
$17.10
no items missing · $2.54 more
you'll pay $39.16 · 56% of it spare
Buy at
Pak'nSave$20.26

Tinned tuna in springwater
$11.62/kg
need 425 g3 × Pams Tuna Chunks In Spring Water 1kg$2.15closest match
Pak'nSave$11.62/kg$2.15·
Woolworths NZ$5.39·
New World$12.92/kg$5.49

Pasta shapes
$0.32/100g
need 400 gPasta Maria Bold Elbow Pasta 400g$1.29closest match
Pak'nSave$0.32/100g$1.29·
New World$0.36/100g$1.79·
Woolworths NZ$2.49

Tinned sweetcorn
$2.80/kg
need 400 gPams Whole Kernel Corn 1kg$1.15closest matchreal special
Pak'nSave$2.80/kg$1.15·
New World$3.24/kg$1.33·
Woolworths NZ$2.90

Milk
$2.09/L
need 500 mlPams Value Standard Milk 1L$2.09closest match
Pak'nSave$2.09/L$2.09·
New World$2.26/L$2.26·
Woolworths NZ$5.69

Butter
$2.40/100g
need 40 gMainland Salted Butter 100g$5.99closest match
Pak'nSave$2.40/100g$5.99·
New World$3.36/100g$6.39·
Woolworths NZ$6.80

Brown onion
$3.29/kg
need 150 gPams Brown Onions 1kg$3.29
Pak'nSave$3.29/kg$3.29·
New World$3.59/kg$3.59·
Woolworths NZ$4.99
Buy at
New World$2.00

Plain flour
$0.13/100g
need 40 gPams Pure Plain Flour 100g$2.00closest match
New World$0.13/100g$2.00·
Pak'nSave$0.13/100g$1.89·
Woolworths NZ$2.00
Buy at
Woolworths NZ$8.90

Grated tasty cheese
$8.90
need 150 gMainland Tasty Aged Cheddar Grated Cheese 375g
Woolworths NZ$8.90·
Pak'nSave$3.85/100g$3.85·
New World$2.66/100g$8.99