Ingredients
75g / 3oz butter or margarine
1 large onion, chopped
50g / 2oz plain flour
600ml / 1 pint milk
1 teaspoon English mustard
1 teaspoon salt
Black pepper
198g / 7oz can tuna
3 eggs, hard boiled
12 stuffed green olives, chopped
225g / 8oz short cut macaroni, cooked
50g / 2oz cheddar cheese, grated
Method
- Melt the butter or margarine in a saucepan and use to fry the onion gently until soft
- Stir in the flour until well blended
- Gradually add the milk and bring to the boil, stirring constantly
- Mix in the mustard and salt add pepper to taste, drain the liquid from the tuna into the sauce and stir well
- Flake the fish and chop the eggs, place one quarter of the sauce in the base of a medium-size deep ovenproof casserole
- Top with one-third of the tuna, egg, olives and pasta, repeat these layers twice more and finish with a layer of the sauce
- Sprinkle over the cheese and bake in a moderately hot oven (200°C/400°F/Gas mark 6) for 40 minutes until the top is golden brown
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