Blender tuna pie: tasty, quick and easy

Blender tuna pie: tasty, quick and easy


Tuna pie in a blender, quick and easy, the tuna filling has cheese, oregano and tomato, tastes like pizza, see how it’s made

Tuna pie, from a blender

By Cris Muratori and Manu Boffino, from Bake and Gourmet cakes, site of recipes, menus and shopping lists, partner of TERRA Degusta. A smoothie pie, which can be served as a hot dish or as a cold snack, with a delicious canned tuna filling, reminiscent of tuna pizza.

Want to see how to make a delicious PORTUGUESE CAKE, with blender dough? Click here and watch it at TERRA Degusta.

INGREDIENTS. *click to see the shopping list

Ingredients for canned tuna filling:

  • 1 can of canned tuna (80 g), drained
  • 2 tomatoes, seeded, diced
  • ¼ medium onion chopped
  • 100 g of diced mozzarella
  • salt and pepper
  • Origan

Blender Cornmeal Pie Dough Ingredients (use a 190 ml American cup as the standard measure):

  • 1/3 cup cornmeal + a little for sprinkling the mold
  • 1/3 cup wheat flour
  • 1/3 cup cornstarch
  • 1/3 cup oil + a little to grease the pan
  • 2/3 cup whole milk
  • 1 whole egg
  • 1/4 grated parmesan (optional)
  • ⅓ clove of peeled garlic (optional)
  • 1 teaspoon(s) baking powder
  • salt
  • pepper

Ingredients to finish

  • grated parmesan to taste.

PRE-PREPARATION:

  1. Separate recipe utensils and ingredients.
  2. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  3. Grease the refractory or rectangular shape with oil and sprinkle with cornmeal.
  4. Wash the cherry tomatoes, cut them into quarters and remove the seeds. Next, cut into cubes.
  5. Wash, peel and chop the onion.
  6. Cut the mozzarella into cubes.
  7. In a colander, drain the tuna and press to remove all liquid.
  8. Sift the cornmeal, flour and cornstarch into a bowl.
  9. Grate the Parmesan to finish if you haven’t bought it grated.

PREPARATION:

Tuna Cake – Filling:

  1. In a bowl put the drained canned tuna, the chopped onion and the diced tomatoes and mozzarella.
  2. Stir, season with salt, pepper and oregano and set aside.

Tuna Pie – Basic Cornmeal Blender Pie Dough:

  1. Place the eggs, milk, oil, salt, pepper and garlic (optional) in the blender and beat to blend.
  2. Add the Parmesan (optional) and beat again.
  3. Gradually add the sifted cornmeal, flour, and cornstarch mixture, beating until it forms a smooth mass — if your blender can’t handle it, do this process in a bowl.
  4. Turn off the blender and incorporate the yeast.
  5. Tuna Pie – Assembly:
  6. Place half of the dough in the refractory/s greased and sprinkled mould/s covering the entire base and level.
  7. Distribute the previously prepared tuna filling, leaving it evenly distributed.
  8. Finish with the other part of the dough, leveling it.
  9. Sprinkle with grated Parmesan.
  10. Take it to the preheated oven at 180°C and cook it for 30-40 minutes or the time necessary for it to be golden on the surface and completely cooked.
  11. To make sure the cake is cooked through, insert a toothpick into the center of the cake, if it comes out clean it’s done.

FINISHING AND ASSEMBLY:

  1. Cut the tuna flan into pieces and arrange on plates or serve in the refractory(s).
  2. Serve hot or cold as a tasty snack or as a quick meal with a salad.

Source: Terra

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