Comfort classic: Tamal Ray’s recipe for an easy tuna melt

Tamal Ray’s easy tuna melt. Photograph: Ola O Smit/The Guardian. Food styling: Iona Blackshaw. Prop styling: Anna Wilkins. Food styling assistant: Valeria Russo.

This is a hangover from my student days; the wholesome, filling snack to which I’d treat myself on those rare occasions when I’d been diligent enough to go to the gym. The recipe stuck around long after the gym-going fell by the wayside, and it’s now my lunchtime treat if I ever have a random day off to myself during the week. Best enjoyed with a side helping of trashy daytime telly.

Tuna melt, my way