Tuna Mornay Food

TUNA MORNAY

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to moderate 180°C. In a small pan heat milk, bay leaf, onion slice and peppercorns. Bring to boil; remove from heat, cover, and let stand to infuse for 15 minutes. Strain and reserve milk. 2. Heat butter in medium pan, add finely chopped onion and celery. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes, or until onion is soft. Add flour and stir for 1 minute until mixture is bubbly. Add combined reserved milk and tuna juice gradually; stir constantly over low heat until mixture boils and thickens. Simmer over low heat for 5 minutes. 3. Add nutmeg, cream, finely chopped parsley and grated cheese. Stir 2 minutes until cheese is melted. Remove from heat; add flaked tuna and salt and pepper; stir to combine. 4. Spoon mixture into a 3-cup greased ovenproof dish. Sprinkle top with the combined breadcrumbs, extra grated cheese and paprika. Bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and place dish under preheated grill for 2 minutes to brown the breadcrumb mixture.

TUNA MORNAY (CREAMY TUNA CASSEROLE PASTA BAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F.
• Crunchy Topping - Mix together.
• Cook pasta per packet directions MINUS 1 minute. Drain then allow to cool slightly, then return into pot.
• White Sauce - Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
• Add flour and stir into melted butter. While whisking, gradually pour in about 1/3 of the milk. Once the flour-butter mixture is incorporated into the milk, pour in remaining milk and whisk.
• Add Vegeta, mustard, onion and garlic powder, whisk.
• When the milk starts to heat up, whisk constantly to make sure the white sauce doesn't catch on the base.
• After 4 - 5 minutes, the sauce should be thick enough that you can draw a path across the back of a spoon (see video). Remove from stove and stir in parmesan.
• Assemble & Bake - Add tuna into pasta and flake into large chunks with fork (not too much, don't want it to turn to mush when stirred). Add corn, pour over sauce, then gently stir.
• Scrape into baking dish, top with Crunchy Topping.
• Bake 25 minutes until top is golden and edges are bubbling. Sprinkle with chives if desired then serve!

CLASSIC TUNA MORNAY

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil. Add pasta and cook according to packet instructions. Drain and set aside for later.
• Preheat oven to 180°C or 160°C fan-forced. Lightly grease a 1.5 litre capacity dish.
• Melt butter in a medium sized heavy based saucepan. Sprinkle over flour, whisk and cook for about 1 minute or until the flour has lost its raw smell and smells a bit nutty. Gradually whisk in milk and cream. Bring to a boil, stirring until slightly thickened.
• Remove mixture from heat, add onion and quickly beat in the eggs, if using. Season with salt and white pepper and stir though the gruyere or tasty cheese, drained tuna, pasta, parsley, nutmeg and lemon juice.
• Pour into prepared dish. Sprinkle with breadcrumbs and pour over melted butter. Sprinkle with the parmesan. Bake for 20 - 30 minutes or until golden.
• Allow to stand for 5 minutes before serving.
• Note ~ I made ny own breadcrumbs by processing 3 slices day old bread, and then poured the melted butter in the processor for final processing to mix inches.

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.

TASTY TUNA MORNAY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°Celsius.
• Cook pasta and let it drain.
• Melt butter and stir in flour.
• Gently add in milk, then take off of heat when its of a saucy consistency.
• Sometimes I have to add more or less milk or flour depending on outcome of consistency.
• Add in salt, pepper, paprika, mixed herbs, and tuna; mix together.
• Put pasta in a large dish (I normally have enough for two dishes), then pour sauce over. Mix the sauce through the pasta until it's thoroughly combined.
• Sprinkle grated cheese over the top; put in the oven for 20 minutes on 180 degrees c until cheese is melted and golden.

CRACK'IN GOOD TUNA MORNAY

Steps:

• Gently melt butter in pan.
• Stir in flour over heat until dry and grainy.
• Remove from heat and gradually stir in milk and crumbled stock cube- stir over heat until sauce boils and thickens.
• Stir in cheese, tuna, pepper, peas and shallot.
• Gently fold in eggs.
• Pour into a oven proof dish (6 cup capacity) Combine topping ingredients in a separate bowl.
• Sprinkle mornay with topping.
• Bake in a moderate oven about 25 minutes or until topping is browned and mornay is heated through.

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.

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:

• Preheat a fan forced oven to 200°C. Grease an 8-cup capacity ovenproof dish. Cook pasta in a pot of boiling, salted water, according to the packet instructions. Drain and put aside.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat and whisk in the flour until combined. Remove from heat. Gradually add the milk, whisking constantly to ensure there are no lumps. You want it to coat the back of a spoon but not be too thick so adjust the milk accordingly. Season well.
• In a saucepan, melt 1tsp of butter over a medium heat and add the onion. Stir constantly for a few minutes until softened. Take off the heat and combine in a bowl with the corn, tuna and white sauce.
• In a large oven proof dish, combine the pasta and sauce until well combined. Top with the cheese and put in the oven for 25 minutes or until the cheese is melted and golden.

SPICY TUNA MORNAY

Steps:

• Filling:.
• Heat oil in pan and fry garli & chilli and leek if using until translucent. Reduce heat slightly and add tuna and half of juices. Add vegies and cook gently for about 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and set aside.
• White Sauce:.
• Heat butter saucepan until melted. Mix in flour stirring with a wooden spoon to form a "roux". Do not brown.
• Remove from heat. Gradually stir in milk until smooth.
• Return to heat. Cook, stirring constantly until sauce boils and thickens. Reduce heat to low and simmer for about 3 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Stir in cheese and filling mixture. Allow to simmer, stirring constantly.
• Serve with pasta or on toast.