A delicious new idea using tortillas for the base and a cheesy tasty tuna and egg middle.

Tuna Tortilla Bake

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 40 minutes mins

Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, Snack

Ingredients

  

• 50 grams butter
• ¼ cup flour
• 1 3/4 cups milk
• 3 tbsp mayonnaise
• 3 jumbo sized tortilla wraps
• 1 small red onion diced
• 1 stalk celery sliced
• 370 grams canned tuna
• 1 cup tasty cheese grated
• 2 tbsp parsley chopped
• salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 180°C. Brush a 24cm round baking dish with oil.
• Bring a small saucepan of water to the boil and cook the eggs for 10 minutes. Drain and rinse under cold water before peeling and slicing into quarters.
• Melt the butter over a moderate heat in the same saucepan and mix in the flour, cook stirring for 2 minutes before gradually adding the milk, whisking continuously until the mixture bubbles and thickens. Remove from the heat and stir through the mayonnaise
• Lay a tortilla in the base of the baking dish and cover with half of the red onion, celery, tuna and sliced egg. Spoon over a third of the sauce, sprinkle with a third of the cheese, half the parsley and season with salt and pepper.
• Cover with the another tortilla and repeat the process
• Finish off with a tortilla on top, spread with the sauce and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
• Bake for 20 minutes until the top is crisp and golden. Serve with a green salad.

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Notes

 If you don’t have a large round baking dish then just trim the tortilla wraps and arrange the pieces in a rectangular dish eg; a lasagne dish or similar.

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