Tuna Mornay

My mum used to make Tuna Mornay for us all the time as children.  I remember when she began to make this for us, it wasn’t long after she purchased her first microwave oven.  She went and had lessons at the local TAFE on how to use it and came home with a folder full of microwave recipes.  Sounds similar to what the thermomix is today, newest greatest gadget and you can go and get lessons.  Mum always served the mornay on toast and as per the recipe suggested she served it with crushed potato chips.

Looking at other Tuna Mornay recipes, traditionally it’s not served with potato chips, but to me it just isn’t the same without them, I know it’s not a healthy options…. but I do continue to serve them with crushed BBQ chips on top.  I also like to add in small spiral pasta, makes the dish go further, my recipe usually makes enough so I can have left overs the next day for lunch!

Thermomix Recipe

this thermomix recipe was inspired by this recipe from Shelly W

Tuna Mornay

Serves:

Prep Time	Cook Time	Total Time
10 mins	15 mins	25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups spiral pasta
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 onion, quartered
• 95g butter
• 2 tablespoon vegetable stock, or to taste
• 60g plain flour
• 500g milk
• 425g tin Tuna in Springwater, drained
• 250 g frozen corn kernels
• 1 1/2 cups BBQ potato chips, crushed
• toast, to serve

Instructions

1. Cook pasta on stove top following packet directions, drain and keep warm
2. Add onion and garlic to thermomix bowl – 3 sec / speed 7
3. Scrap side of bowl, add butter – 3 min / varoma / speed 1
4. Spoon in vegetable stock and flour – 20 sec / speed 2
5. Scrap side of bowl – 10 sec / speed 2
6. Pour in milk – 7 minutes / 90 deg / speed 3
7. Add tuna – 8 min / 100 deg / speed 2
8. Add corn – 2 min / 100 deg / speed 2
9. Pour tuna mornay into saucepan with pasta, mix to combine
10. Serve on toast, topped with crushed potato chips

By Kat – The Organised Housewife

Regular recipe

I make my Tuna Mornay in the Thermomix, see recipe above, however, I used to use this recipe before my thermomix, making it on the stove top, rather than my mum’s microwave recipe.

Ingredients:

• 425g canned tuna, in springwater
• 60g butter
• 4 tablespoons plain flour
• pinch cayenne pepper
• pinch black pepper
• ½ teaspoon mustard powder
• 1 teaspoon of stock powder
• 4 spring onions, chopped finely
• 1 cup frozen sweetcorn kernels
• 500ml milk
• breadcrumbs
• cheese, grated

Full recipe can be found on the Nigella.com website.  

Julie Goodwins has a great recipe, she adds in some carrot, onion and dijon mustard into hers and tops with breadcrumbs.

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How do you like your Tuna Mornay?