[silentNate]

I really want a toasted tuna and cheese sandwich but can't be bothered with my bl0ody Breville
My idea is to make some toast, bug some cheese on one slice and grill it whilst smothering tuna on another slice of toast. Throw the two slices together and I should have something delicious.
Aside from frying this can anyone think of an easier or tastier way of doing this?

No, I'm not buying one of those 'toaster bags' either!

[norbitonite]

I always mix the tuna with a dollop
of ketchup, a dollop of mayo, some very finely chopped spring onion, maybe some sweetcorn, toast the bread under the grill - fully on one side, lightly on the other - pile the tuna mix onto the lightly-toasted side, pop it back under the grill for a few minutes (with the grill on low) to warm the topping through, then cover with sliced or grated cheese and put it back under the grill until the cheese is bubbling and starts to brown. I then eat it as an open sandwich.

It's a bit of a faff, I know, but is yummy and, IMO, much nicer than a toastie from a Breville.

[silentNate]

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Originally Posted by norbitonite

I always mix the tuna with a dollop
of ketchup, a dollop of mayo, some very finely chopped spring onion, maybe some sweetcorn, toast the bread under the grill - fully on one side, lightly on the other - pile the tuna mix onto the lightly-toasted side, pop it back under the grill for a few minutes (with the grill on low) to warm the topping through, then cover with sliced or grated cheese and put it back under the grill until the cheese is bubbling and starts to brown. I then eat it as an open sandwich.

It's a bit of a faff, I know, but is yummy and, IMO, much nicer than a toastie from a Breville.

Not sure that mayonnaise and cheese go together- sounds way too fattening. Certainly the suggestion of adding spring onion sounds awesome

[HALibutt]

I used to buy a pot of 'Tuna Melt' like a sandwich filling in Sains but they stopped doing it. I have a recipe for how to make it somewhere now.
All I do know is it has to include the obvious, which is tuna and grated cheese - but to give it flavour it has to have some onion in (spring or even red would prob do) - and mayo is often added to the mix too, to get the right loose consistency.

Never mind the sandwich - once you've made your filling you can stick it on a split bagel and grill - and I've used ciabatta rolls to with equal success.

Oh and just for the hell of it Costa do a lovely tuna melt panini............

[reginald1981]

I have never done cheese and tuna but like cheese and onion toasties and just make the cheese and onion sandwich and then put that into a dry frying pan and toast it that way.

[Lojen]

haven't used a dedicated toasted sandwich maker in years. My American better half showed me how to make them without.

Just butter two slices of bread, but have the buttered side on the outside. Put your filling of choice on the unbuttered side and then place into a heated frying pan and cook an a medium heat for a few mins on each side till both sides are lovely and golden and your filling, assuming cheese, is all melted and hot. Yum!

[silentNate]

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Originally Posted by Lojen

haven't used a dedicated toasted sandwich maker in years. My American better half showed me how to make them without.

Just butter two slices of bread, but have the buttered side on the outside. Put your filling of choice on the unbuttered side and then place into a heated frying pan and cook an a medium heat for a few mins on each side till both sides are lovely and golden and your filling, assuming cheese, is all melted and hot. Yum!

Just butter? No oil in the pan?

It almost seems too easy

Had two tuna melt toasties today with tuna, spring onion combined with cheese on toast. Delicious.

[hanndav]

I find it's best to use a warmed or lightly toasted baguette half. For the tuna, a goood plop of mayo, salt and pepper, a dash of balsamic (recently found this was great) and a finely chopped red onion, just to add injury to calorie, last week I had some grated mozzarella and added that too.

Slap it on the warm baguette and layer with cheddar and under the grill.

Yum

[hanndav]

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Originally Posted by Lojen

haven't used a dedicated toasted sandwich maker in years. My American better half showed me how to make them without.

Just butter two slices of bread, but have the buttered side on the outside. Put your filling of choice on the unbuttered side and then place into a heated frying pan and cook an a medium heat for a few mins on each side till both sides are lovely and golden and your filling, assuming cheese, is all melted and hot. Yum!

A grilled cheese sandwich then!

[Lojen]

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Originally Posted by hanndav

A grilled cheese sandwich then!

Exactly.