The benefits of seafood are well-known to everyone, there is a lot of protein, useful micro and macro elements, a minimum of fat, and if it is present, it is only beneficial for humans. One of the great examples of the fact that seafood practically does not lose its beneficial properties during canning is tuna. This fish is to many tastes, it can be used as an independent dish, or as an ingredient in salads and pastries. Today we bring to your attention a tuna pie, the preparation of which there is a huge number of recipes are divided depending on the types of dough and toppings.
Whichever of the existing recipes was chosen, it is delicious in its own way. We have chosen two of the most popular and easy to prepare options - a pie with canned tuna from puff pastry and a pie from jellied dough with potatoes added to the filling.
First imagine a puff cake recipe.
Puff Pastry Ingredients
This type of test is one of the most beloved and common, but not all housewives know how to do it. Most prefer to buy ready-made dough in cooking or in stores. Pie with canned tuna from ready-made puff pastry also tastes good, but still slightly inferior to that which is completely cooked at home.
And if the reader of this article decided to do everything with their own hands, then here is the recipe for you.
Need to stock up:
- butter (50 grams);
- vegetable oil (olive or sunflower - 50 grams);
- beer (one hundred milliliters);
- flour (preferably sifted - 300 grams);
- salt (a little - about five grams).
Knead the dough
In order for puff pastry to please with a special crispy texture, two types of oils must be added during its preparation.
We take roomy dishes with high sides, a bowl is perfect. Pour vegetable oil into it, and also put the cream, slightly softened.
Pour cold beer into the mixture of oils, add salt.
Mix and portionwise gradually pour the flour. Mix everything thoroughly, and when a dense lump forms, then put it on the table, which must first be sprinkled with flour.
We begin to knead the dough with your hands, pouring a little flour as needed. This test may require less or more flour than indicated in the recipe. It’s not worth it to focus on the numbers, the main criterion for the finished test is its obedience and slight lagging behind the palms.
Place the dough in the refrigerator for about twenty minutes. And during this time we quietly prepare the filling for the tuna tart pie.
Ingredients for Topping
And it will not only consist of fish, since such a tuna pie will have a boring taste. Dilute it with eggs, onions, bell pepper and tomato sauce, which combine perfectly and complement the taste of each other.
For the filling you need to have:
- canned tuna (it is better to take in its own juice, and not in vegetable oil - 300 grams);
- onion (pound);
- eggs (2 pcs., cooked in a steep);
- bell pepper (single, medium size);
- tomato sauce (100 milliliters);
- vegetable oil;
- salt.
Cooking stuffing
We clean and finely chop the onion, then it needs to be fried in vegetable oil until golden brown.
Finely chop the pepper, there are two options to choose from - the pepper can be fresh or canned. Fresh pepper is added to the pan simultaneously with the onion, and canned - when the onion becomes soft.
Next, open a can of tuna and drain the excess liquid - this is easier to do by throwing the contents of the can into a colander.
Add the tuna to the onion and pepper in the pan, then peeled the finely chopped eggs.
All this is fried for a couple of minutes, and then add a little tomato sauce. We extinguish all this for three or four minutes and leave to cool.
Making a tuna pie
First you need to turn on the oven with the set temperature mode of about 175 degrees.
Grease a baking sheet with vegetable or butter, parchment paper, which needs to cover the surface of the baking dish, is a good option.
We take out the cooled dough from the refrigerator and divide it into two equal parts. You get one big pie, you can, of course, make a few small ones, but it will take more time and energy to cook them.
We roll out one part on the table in order to acquire a baking dish (a circle or a rectangle, depending on which pan you have).
Transfer the dough onto a baking sheet, if the area of the rolled dough is larger than its area, then you need to cut off the excess with a knife.
To successfully prepare a pie with tuna, you need to evenly distribute the filling on the entire surface of the dough, while leaving a little space from the edges. This is to prevent leakage of content.
The next cooking step is rolling and transferring the second layer of dough to the filling. It should be noted that the first and second piece of dough should be approximately the same size and not go beyond the edge of the baking dish. Otherwise, the remains can be removed with a knife.
After that, you need to carefully pinch the tuna pie along its entire perimeter, do it better with your hands, it will be more reliable. The edge should be well connected and slightly raised up. This is necessary so that the juice from the pie could not leak.
Those extra pieces of dough that have been cut are perfect for decorating the cake. Also, to give great appeal to this dish can be painted with egg yolk on its surface.
It remains only to bake a pie. Place the pan in the preheated oven for about forty minutes.
When it will be seen that the top layer of the cake has become rosy, and a pleasant aroma will go through the kitchen, you can check it for readiness with a toothpick or match. If there is no test left when piercing them, then the baking is ready.
Pie with canned tuna from puff pastry, a recipe with a photo of which can be seen in this article, is ready. It is better to use it in a slightly cooled form.
Pie with canned tuna and potatoes
The second type of cake differs from the previous one in the composition of the filling and the type of dough. In this recipe, it is aspic, and the filling will also include potatoes.
To prepare the test you will need:
- eggs (three pieces, preferably fresh);
- kefir (one glass of fat);
- flour (one glass, it is better to sift it);
- soda (half a teaspoon);
- salt (to taste).
Ingredients for Topping
The filling for this pie will turn out to be more satisfying due to the potatoes included in its composition.
To prepare it you will need:
- potatoes (medium size - four pieces);
- canned tuna (three hundred grams, it is advisable to choose high-quality and in your own juice);
- onion (one medium size);
- salt, pepper (add to taste).
The way to make a pie
Preheat the oven to a temperature of 180 degrees. We will prepare a baking dish, it is better that it is with high sides, grease it with butter or vegetable oil.
Peel the onion and potato, cut the onion into thin slices, and cut the potato into slices. Pepper and salt it all.
Put potatoes and onions at the bottom of the mold, add fish evenly.
Next, prepare the dough, for this you need to mix all the ingredients with a blender. This ensures that there are no lumps in the test that are completely undesirable. Pour the prepared dough into a mold and evenly distribute on it.
We place the cake in the oven for twenty minutes, after the set time has passed, check the cake for readiness with a match or a toothpick. If the dough does not cling to them, then the dish is ready.
We take it out of the oven and let it cool to room temperature. As an addition to the pie, sour cream with finely chopped greens (dill, parsley) or mayonnaise can go, some lovers also eat this dish with tartar sauce.
There are many options for how to make a pie with canned tuna - on kefir, on mayonnaise and sour cream, with the addition of fried vegetables or fresh vegetables.
Everyone chooses a recipe, focusing on their taste preferences.