Julie Goodwin Tuna Mornay Food

TUNA MORNAY

Steps:

• Melt butter in a medium pan and fry the onion until tender.
• Remove pan from heat and stir in the flour, then return to low heat for a few minutes.
• Remove pan from heat once again and gradually stir in the milk, return the pan to the heat and stir until it becomes a white sauce and thickens.
• Add the cheese's and stir until its melted.
• Place tuna in a casserole dish and mix in corn, peas, celery, parsley, lemon juice and curry powder. Stir ingredients until combined and then season to taste.
• Mix breadcrumbs with melted butter (I make fresh breadcrums in the processor and add the butter to make it easier). and top the mornay with breadcrumbs.
• Place into 200c oven and heat for 10-15 minutes or until heated through and breadcrumbs are lightly browned.
• Serve.

TUNA MORNAY

Steps:

• Place the butter in a preheated saucepan and melt the butter down (on low heat).
• Once the butter is melted down add the plain flour.
• Stir well and cook the mixture of butter and plain flour which should go a bit lumpy and dry at this stage.
• Very important that you cook this well (2-4 minutes).
• Remove from heat and slowly, very slowly add the milk and stir.
• The sauce should now be getting smooth.
• If it is lumpy you have been adding the milk to fast.
• Keep adding the milk until the desired thickness is achieved.
• Add the paprika and lemon juice for a bit of extra kick.
• Add the cheese slowly and stir in so that you can not see any grated cheese in the dish.
• Any other herbs for a bit of extra taste.
• Add the tuna and let it sit on low heat for 5 minutes lightly stirring every minute or so.
• Garnish with some parsley.

PERFECT TUNA MORNAY

Steps:

• Boil water and cook pasta according to packet instructions.
• Add chopped onion to pasta water while pasta cooks.
• Drain well.
• Melt butter over a low heat.
• Add flour and whisk to form a roux off the heat.
• Season well with salt, pepper and cayenne.
• Return to heat and add milk gradually, stirring all the time until white sauce thickens.
• Remove from heat.
• Add cheese cubes and stir till they melt.
• Add tuna, peas, corn and lemon juice and combine.
• Set aside.
• In a casserole dish place pasta and white sauce mixture.
• Stir to mix gently, making sure the pasta is well coated.
• Top the casserole with most of the grated cheese, then add the breadcrumbs, cover breadcrumbs with remaining cheese.
• Season well once again.
• Bake casserole at 200 C for 20 minutes, or until cheese is melted and golden.
• Voila.