Creamy Tuna Pie Food

CREAMY TUNA AND MASHED POTATO PIE

Steps:

• Mix together the cheese sauce, drained and flaked tuna, corn, chives and salt and pepper.
• Pour into a shallow baking dish (I use a round non stick cake pan).
• Top with mashed potato.
• Sprinkle with grated cheese.
• Bake in a 180 degree oven for 30 minutes or until brown on top and bubbly.

HARD TIMES CREAMED TUNA

Steps:

• Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir flour into melted butter until smooth and slowly stream milk into the mixture while whisking continually. Bring mixture to a simmer and cook until thickened, about 5 minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium-low. Stir tuna into the milk mixture; season with salt and pepper. Cook until tuna is warmed, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Ladle tuna mixture over toasted bread to serve.

TUNA PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• Butter a 10" deep dish pie pan (or spray well with non-stick spray).
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, 1 cup cheese, salt and paprika.
• Cut the butter into chunks and mix or rub with your fingers into the flour mixture until coarse crumbs are formed.
• Reserve 1 cup of the mixture and press the rest into the bottom and up the sides of the prepared pie pan.
• Arrange the drained tuna on the crust.
• Beat the eggs with a mixture until light and fluffy.
• Stir in the sour cream, the remaining 1/2 cup cheese, the mayonnaise, bell pepper, onion, and dill weed.
• Pour the mixture over the tuna and sprinkle with the reserved crumb mixture.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
• Let stand 15 minutes before cutting and serving.
• Note: I have made this recipe in a 8" pie pan using 2/3 of the recipe ingredients for fewer servings, with excellent results.

RICE AND TUNA PIE

Steps:

• Shell: Combine 2 cups rice, melted butter, 1 tablespoon onion, mjarjoram and beaten egg.
• Press into bottom and sides of lightly buttered pie dish.
• Filling: Layer can of drained and flaked tuna evenly over rice shell.
• Combine 3 beaten eggs, milk,grated cheese, onion and marjoram.
• Pour over tuna.
• Bake in moderate over for 50- 55 minutes or until knife comes out clean when inserted in centre.

EASY WEEKNIGHT TUNA POT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add onions and cook until soft and translucent. Mix in the tuna and frozen vegetables, stirring often until the vegetables are heated through, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir in the cream of mushroom soup. Pour the tuna mixture into a 9 inch pie dish and sprinkle with shredded cheese.
• Unroll and separate the crescent rolls. Lay each crescent roll on top of the tuna mixture with the point facing inward, the rolls may overlap slightly. Bake until crescent rolls are golden brown and mixture is bubbly, 11 to 13 minutes. Let the pie sit for 5 to 10 minutes before cutting and serving.

TUNA POT PIE

Steps:

• Line a pie pan with crust; set aside.
• Combine remaining ingredients.
• Pour into pie crust and top with the second.
• (If you choose to use biscuits, wait until last few minutes of baking so they won't burn.) Seal and crimp edges.
• Slit the top of crust to vent and bake 45 to 50 minutes at 375.