Serves 4
fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Do you like sandwiches? My Aunt Freda loved sandwiches and so do I. They are one of my many weaknesses! I was really excited to receive this latest cookbook for review . . . "Build Your Own Sandwich," by Vicki Smallwood.
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I have always had a great fondness for Tuna Salad Sandwiches. Tuna wasn't something that my mother used to buy to make us sandwiches with. She had a thing for canned Salmon. If we were going to have a fish sandwich at all, it was with canned Salmon.
Then in Grade Eight I happened to taste my first Tuna Salad Sandwich. A friend of mine had them in her lunch and she didn't fancy them and so I said I would try them. I fell in love then and there.
- 1 (5 oz) can of solid albacore tuna in water, drained and flaked
- 1/4 cup (50g) real mayonnaise
- 1 TBS dill pickle relish
- 1/2 stalk celery, finely chopped
- 1 spring onion, trimmed and finely chopped
- 1 tsp dried dill
- 1 TBS lemon juice
- 1 TBS extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/8 tsp fine ground black pepper
- 1 good quality demi-baguette
- softened butter
- potato chips to serve (ready salted are nice, but so are cheese and onion!)
Some other tuna sandwich recipes which you might really enjoy that I have posted on here are:
THE CLASSIC TUNA MELT - A favorite toasted sandwich composed of a tasty tuna filling and plenty of melted cheese, sandwiched between buttery toasted bread. I also have an Air Fryer Tuna Melt that is really nice.
PIZZA TUNA BURGERS - Something I learned how to make in Grade 9 Home Economics. They were really good then and they are really good now! A delicious tuna mixture is spooned on top of halved English Muffins and topped with cheese and pimento stuffed olives before grilling. Great for lunch with veggie sticks or for supper with a hot cup of Tomato soup!
Crunchy Tuna Salad Baguette
Ingredients
- 1 (5 oz) can of solid albacore tuna in water, drained and flaked
- 1/4 cup (50g) real mayonnaise
- 1 TBS dill pickle relish
- 1/2 stalk celery, finely chopped
- 1 spring onion, trimmed and finely chopped
- 1 tsp dried dill
- 1 TBS lemon juice
- 1 TBS extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/8 tsp fine ground black pepper
- 1 good quality demi-baguette
- softened butter
- potato chips to serve (ready salted are nice, but so are cheese and onion!)
Instructions
- Flake the well drained tuna into a bowl with a fork and mash it well together.
- Add the mayonnaise, pickle relish, chopped celery, spring onion, dill weed lemon juice and oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Split your baguette in half horizontally. Butter both cut sides with softened butter.
- Pile the tuna salad onto the bottom half of the buttered baguette, spreading it out evenly. Top off with your potato chips and then the baguette top. Squash down a tiny bit, and cut in half.
- Serve immediately.
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- 1 (150g/5 ounce) tin of albacore tuna, packed in water, well drained and flaked
- 2 TBS mayonnaise
- 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 TBS pickle relish
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp celery salt or fine sea salt
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
- softened butter for spreading
- 4 slices white sandwich bread
- 3 slices processed cheese, divided
If you are on the hunt for a delicious sandwich today, here are a few of my other options:
CROISSANT TURKEY CLUB SANDWICH - I do love a good club sandwich, but they are often too large for me to manage to eat. This one, done on a flaky buttery croissant is not only delicious, but is the perfect size for my aging appetite!
WORLD'S GREATEST HAM SANDWICH - A tall claim to make, but I stand by it. With ham, tomatoes, lettuce, home picked onions, cheese and an herbed mayonnaise.
WORLD'S BEST BLT - Another tall claim that I stand by. Crisp bacon, crisp rocket leaves, sweet tomatoes, a tasty basil mayonnaise and a house dressing drizzle. All served on a rustic baguette.
Air Fryer Tuna Melt
Ingredients
- 1 (150g/5 ounce) tin of albacore tuna, packed in water, well drained and flaked
- 2 TBS mayonnaise
- 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 TBS pickle relish
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp celery salt or fine sea salt
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
- softened butter for spreading
- 4 slices white sandwich bread
- 3 slices processed cheese, divided
Instructions
- Depending on the type of air fryer you have you will only be able to cook one of these at a time.
- Begin by making the tuna salad. Drain your tuna well, flake into a bowl and combine with the remaining ingredients well.
- Butter one side of each slice of bread. Place one slice into the air fryer basket. Top with 1 1/2 slices of cheese, taking care that the cheese is not placed past the edges of the bread. Top with half of the tuna salad, spreading it out over the cheese. Place another slice of the buttered bread on top of the tuna salad, butter side up.
- Place the basket into the air fryer and shut the door. set to cook at 380*F/193*C. Air fry for 8 minutes, flipping the sandwich over at the halfway mark.
- The sandwich is done when the bread is golden brown and the cheese has melted throughout. Remove and keep warm while you cook the other sandwich.
- Using a serrated knife, cut in half diagonally to serve.
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