Cooking with Coronation Street: Angie's Tuna Macaroni Cheese

Another budget recipe from Angie Freeman's student days brings us a tuna casserole with pasta and cheese. This recipe will serve 2 people, or one serving and leftovers for lunch the next day. Mustn't waste food! Macaroni cheese with some protein thrown in from the tuna makes a nutritious meal as well and you can lower the calorie content by using lower fat milk and cheese though I find low fat cheese doesn't quite melt as nicely. You could make it vegetarian by leaving out the tuna or adding in a few extra veggies such as steamed and chopped broccoli, a handful of frozen peas or some sauteed mushrooms. You could also substitute chopped cooked ham for the tuna as well. Click through for the recipe and instructions.

Tuna Macaroni Cheese
(To Serve 2)

3 oz macaroni
1 oz butter
1 oz flour
1/2 pint milk (1 cup)
3 oz Lancashire cheese, grated
Salt and Pepper
1 small tin tuna
1 tbsp breadcrumbs

Cook the macaroni for 10-15 minutes in boiling water and drain. Make a
cheese sauce: melt the butter, stirring in the flour until it goes
golden coloured, then bring the pan off the heat and very gradually add
the milk, stirring all the time. Put the pan back on to the heat and
carry on stirring and simmering until the sauce thickens. Remove from
the heat and add two-thirds of the cheese and stir while it melts.
Season with salt and pepper. Drain the tuna and flake it with a fork.
Add to the sauce and mix well. Add the macaroni to the sauce and mix
well. Pour into the baking dish. Sprinkle the rest of the grated
cheese and the breadcrumbs over the dish and pop it under a hot grill
until crispy and brown.

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