Description
This budget friendly salmon mornay pasta bake will take care of the midweek “what do I cook for dinner?” blues. You can even prep it in the morning and throw it in the oven that night.
Ingredients
Scale
- 400g macaroni
- 2 small carrots, peeled and diced
- 50g butter
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 small brown onion, finely diced
- 82.50 ml plain flour
- 4 cups (1 litre) milk
- 1/2 tsp white pepper
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp dijon mustard
- 1 small zucchini, diced
- 1/2 cup frozen peas
- 415g pink salmon
- 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
- 30g butter, extra, melted
Instructions
- Step: Preheat oven to 180C.
- Step: Cook macaroni in plenty of salted boiling water for 2 minutes less than the packet time says. In the final 2 minutes, add the carrots so that they blanch quickly. Drain pasta and carrots, rinse under cold water and set aside.
- Step: In the same saucepan, melt butter and cook garlic and onion for 2 minutes over gentle heat until starting to soften. Stir in flour and cook off for 1 minute. Add milk gradually, whisking as you go to ensure there are no lumps. Heat over medium heat, stirring often, until sauce thickens. Whisk in pepper, garlic powder, salt and mustard. Add cooked pasta and carrots, zucchini and peas, as well as salmon that has been drained and broken into chunks. Stir gently so that everything combines well with the sauce. Pour into an oven-proof baking dish.
- Step: In a small bowl, combine panko bread crumbs with melted butter. Sprinkle over the top of the pasta bake. Bake for 25 mins until golden and bubbling.
Notes
You can use any short pasta in this recipe. Check for seasoning and add more salt and pepper at the sauce stage if you prefer. You can prep the pasta bake ahead of time and bake it right before serving – add about 15 minutes to the baking time if it’s come out of the fridge.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Modern Australian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 480 kcal
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 750 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 52 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 26 g
- Cholesterol: 85 mg
Keywords: salmon, pasta, bake, dinner, quick, family-friendly