tuna macaroni my way
 
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this is so popular in our house!
Recipe type: Dinners
Serves: 4
What you'll need
  • 400g pasta, cooked
  • 50g butter
  • 50g flour
  • 500mls milk
  • 1 or 2 cups grated cheese (I love vintage cheddar)
  • 400g tuna in oil (I just love Sirena tuna)
  • mustard, salt, pepper to season
Instructions
  1. Cook pasta as you normally would and you want it al dente.
  2. Place butter, flour and milk in thermomix bowl and cook for 7 minutes at 100 degrees on speed 4.
  3. Add in cheese, mustard (I do 1-2 tablespoons), pepper and process 10 seconds speed 4.
  4. Place the tuna in your thermoserve bowl and break up with a fork. I drain most of the oil (not all) before this. Pour in the cheese sauce and season with salt and pepper.
  5. Add in the cooked and drained pasta and enjoy.
  6. For something a bit special place into a greased baking dish, top with another cup of grated cheese and bake in a 180 degrees oven until the cheese has melted and is golden. This is really popular with the kids BUT they usually want to it eat it straight away and can't wait. My dad was a fan of crumbling Thins chips and adding that to cheese before it went in the oven.
  7. **If you don't have a thermomix then place butter in a saucepan and almost melt it all, now stir in the flour and mix well.
  8. Bring to a bubble and then add in the milk and whisk well. Turn down the heat to a low/medium and keep stirring until the sauce thickens. You want it to coat the back of the spoon and be a nice thick white sauce.
  9. Add in cheese, mustard and season. Add in the tuna and pasta and enjoy.
Recipe by Retro Mummy at https://retromummy.com/2013/08/08/tuna-macaroni-my-way/