Tuna Melts
Tuna Melts
These can be prepared as open-faced or closed sandwiches, and on any type of toasted bread. And for this recipe, 5 variants are listed. Use the base recipe, and what you like, and make it your own signature sandwich. This is written for open-faced sandwiches, if you desire closed, just double the toasted bread.
Equipment
- Baking Sheet
- Parchment Paper
- Oven
Ingredients
For the Salad
- 1 can tuna in water, drained, (180 g / 6 oz)
- 1 stalk celery, finely diced
- 1 spring onion, sliced
- ⅓ cup mayo
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- ½ teaspoon lemon or lime juice
- salt and pepper, as desired, to taste
For the Sandwich
- 2 slices bread, of your choice, toasted
- fresh tomato, sliced, as desired
- Cheddar cheese, shredded or sliced, as desired
American Classic
- tuna salad, as stated above
- white bread, Wonder, toasted
- American cheese, slices, as desired
- fresh tomato, slices, as desired
New York Deli
- tuna salad, as stated above
- Pumpernickel bagel, sliced in half
- dill pickle, slice lengthwise into slabs, as desired
- New York Cheddar cheese, slices, as desired
Apple Pie
- tuna salad, as stated above, but mixed with chopped pecans and dried currents as desired
- apple, sliced, as desired
- brioche hamburger roll, sliced in half
- extra sharp Cheddar cheese
Hot & Spicy
- tuna salad, as stated above
- jalapeno slices, canned, as desired
- soft wheat taco shells
- roasted red pepper, as desired
- Pepper Jack cheese, as desired
Californian
- tuna salad, as stated above
- avocado slices, as desired
- almonds, slivered, as desired
- Asiago cheese, as desired
- whole grain bread
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 200° C (400° F), line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Toast two slices of bread, place the toast on the parchment paper.
- In a mixing bowl, add the Tuna Salad ingredients.
- Mix together the salad, and at this point we have a really nice tuna salad that would make a nice cold sandwich on its own, but why stop here.
- Next item needed, fresh tomatoes, I used two Tor tomatoes with three thick slices each.
- Top the toast with equal portions of the tuna salad, then top that with 1-3 slices of tomato (depends on how big your tomato is), then top that with 1-2 slices of cheese or shredded cheese to your liking (I used a 4 blend pizza cheese).
- Bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese is melted, enjoy.
Notes
Low cost per sandwich.
Variants: 1. For bread, think white, wheat, whole grain, English muffins, leftover hamburger buns or hot dog buns, etc. 2. For cheese, Cheddar, Gouda, Swiss, Monterrey Jack. Colby, you get the picture. 3. Don't like an open face sandwich, just top with another toasted similar piece of bread and enjoy as a regular sandwich.
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