Tuna Mornay
Created by Tisme on March 27, 2015
- Servings: 5
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 15m
- Recipe #18266
Ingredients
- 1 large (12 ounce) yellow onion (chopped fine)
- 2 1/2 tablespoons butter (or 2 1⁄2 tablespoons margarine)
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour (plain)
- 350 ml milk
- 150 grams cheddar cheese (grated)
- 50 grams tasty cheese (grated)
- 2 cans (425 grams) cans tuna (in water)
- 1 1/2 cups corn kernels
- 1 cup peas (frozen peas)
- 1/2 cup celery, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
- Salt and pepper
- 2 cups breadcrumbs
- 1 tablespoon butter (melted)
- Spring onion, to serve
How to Make
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Step 1: Melt butter in a medium pan and fry the onion until tender.
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Step 2: Remove pan from heat and stir in the flour, then return to low heat for a few minutes.
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Step 3: 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.
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Step 4: Add the cheese's and stir until its melted.
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Step 5: 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.
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Step 6: Mix breadcrumbs with melted butter (I make fresh breadcrumbs in the processor and add the butter to make it easier) and top the mornay with the breadcrumbs.
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Step 7: Place into 200c oven and heat for 10-15 minutes or until heated through and breadcrumbs are lightly browned.
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Step 8: Serve.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (502.8 g)
- Calories 871.9
- Total Fat - 41.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 17.7 g
- Cholesterol - 90.9 mg
- Sodium - 1593.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 83.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 8.8 g
- Sugars - 14.2 g
- Protein - 45.1 g
- Calcium - 572.7 mg
- Iron - 4.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 38.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.6 mg