Tuna Pie
- Medium
- Main
- 1.5 hours
- Serves 5
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Explore BRITE Box’s delightful Tuna Pie recipe – it’s not only fun to make, but a joy to eat.
Discover the magic in every bite, create a delicious meal, and most of all, have fun.
You can create this recipe by following the instructions below.
Ingredients
- 3 x 200g can of tuna, drained
- 600g mashed potatoes
- 1 large can sweetcorn, drained
- 200g frozen peas
- 350ml milk
- 3 tbsp plain flour
- 50g of butter (30g for the sauce and 20g for the mash)
- 70g cheddar, grated
Equipment
- 2 saucepans, oven proof dish, potato masher or similar, knife, wooden spoon, can opener
Allergens
- Fish, cereals (gluten), milk
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180C / 160C fan / Gas Mark 5.
- Wash and scrub the potatoes, peel if necessary and cut into bite sized pieces.
- Fill a large saucepan with water, put the potatoes in and boil for 20 minutes until tender.
- Whilst the potatoes are boiling, drain the tuna from the can and flake it into the oven proof dish so it forms a uniform layer.
- Drain the sweetcorn and add to the tuna. Add the peas too!
- Make the white sauce by melting 30g butter in a pan.
- Stir in 3 tablespoons of flour.
- When it starts to bubble gradually add the milk, then stir constantly for a few minutes until thickened.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Once the sauce has thickened, spoon it over the tuna and sweetcorn mixture and mix it all together.
- Drain the potatoes using a colander, put back in the pan, add the remaining butter, a splash of milk and mash them using a masher or the back of a large spoon.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Spoon the mash onto the top of the tuna, sauce and sweetcorn, level off the pattern with a fork.
- Add 75g grated cheese evenly across the top of the mash.
- Place in the oven and cook for 30 minutes or until the topping is golden.
- Remove from the oven and serve.
- Enjoy your Tuna Pie!
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