Vindaloo Tuna Mornay Recipes

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.

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.

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.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
• Place the bread, orange rind, half the parsley and half the parmesan in a food processor and process until finely chopped.
• Cook the pasta and drain.
• Meanwhile, cook the white sauce by heating the oil in a saucepan. Add the flour and cook, stirring for about a minute. Gradually add the milk, whisking until combined. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the sauce boils and thickens. Remove from the heat. Stir in yoghurt and cheddar.
• Place cornflour in a jug with stock, wine and orange juice. Stir to combine.
• Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add the leek and cook, stirring occasionally, for 4 minutes. Add the cornflour mixture. Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes until the sauce thickens.
• Add the pasta, white sauce, tuna and remaining parsley. Season with salt and pepper.
• Transfer to a 1.5L ovenproof dish. Top with the breadcrumb mixture and remaining parmesan cheese.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until golden.

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.

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.

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 vindaloo flavoured tuna first and stir.
• Add the white pepper.
• Add the plain tuna and let it sit on low heat for 5 minutes lightly stirring every minute or so.
• Garnish with some parsley.