In reply to Sue’s Tuna Fish Pie, here’s the recipe that I use to make Impromptu Tune Fish Casserole. It comes from The Sainsbury’s ‘American Sampler’ by Patricia Lousada, published in 1982
2oz (50g) butter
1 green or red pepper, seeded and chopped
7oz (198g) can of tuna fish, drained and flaked
8oz (225g) Chinese or other egg noodles
10 1/2oz (295g) can of condensed cream of celery or mushroom soup
5fl oz (150ml) carton of single cream
½ teaspoon (2.5ml spoon) curry powder (optional)
1oz (25g) fresh bread crumbs
salt
Gently heat 1oz (25g) of the butter in a small frying pan and sauté the pepper until it is soft. Remove from the heat and stir in the tuna.
Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, bring 4 pints (2.5 litres) of water to the boil, add 1 tablespoon (15ml spoon) salt* and the noodles and boil briskly until the noodles are ‘al dente’ – with quite a bit of bite left in them. Drain the noodles, pour them into a greased ovenproof dish and toss with the remaining butter. Pour the tuna and pepper mixture over the noodles.
Empty the soup into a bowl and mix in the cream, and the curry powder if you are using it. Pour this soup mixture over the tuna and sprinkle with the breadcrumbs. Bake in a pre-heated oven, Gas Mark 7/425°F/220°C, for 15-20 minutes.
*This much???!
I’ve adapted the recipe over the years as I couldn’t find good old condensed soup here. I made up packet leak and potato soup and thickened it with flour or I made a sauce using whatever vegetables I had, flour and milk I also use pasta to make it too.
Anyone else got a tuna recipe they’d like to share?
Oh no, I'm not a bif drinker of alcoholic beverage, I can take one or two beers but seldom anything else.
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ReplyDeleteAnd no tuna recipes but some good chicken recipes and I'm really good at making several thai dishes!
ReplyDeleteSometimes I just fry up some onions, tuna, tomato paste and hot paprika, and eat it with rice. I was once doing that when I was billeted with some Scouse builders, whose patriarch looked disbelievingly at what I was doing and said "Yer've just ROOOOWINED a pairfectly good tin of salmon!"
ReplyDeleteYears ago Campbells Condensed soups were a Pantry standby for an improvised meal. 5yrs ago in the UK they did a semi disappearing trick from supermarket shelves. Now in France they are lost to me altogether. Anyone know why? Does only Pot Noodles sell?
ReplyDeleteYour recipe sounds great. Think I'll try it. And I think I'll add a few mushrooms as well.
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Anna: Skol! I like to cook chicken too
ReplyDeleteDru: Your recipe sounds good; I've used tuna with bottled tomatoes on pasta when we've been desperate. With a little imagination...
Lesley: I loved those condensed soups when I lived in the UK, they were so useful and were good as soup too!
Cas: yes, I usually put some mushrooms in. I haven't made it for a while. Next I must try Sue's recipe.
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