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Portuguese Tuna Tart
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
40 mins
 
The easiest tuna tart that will be your savior for the next beach trip. This is a blender tart that will give you a great result every time.
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Portuguese
Servings: 16 pieces
Ingredients
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups milk
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 slice of Edam cheese note 1
  • 300 gr canned tuna 10 oz approximately three small cans
  • 1 small red bell pepper cut into cubes
  • 1 onion cut into cubes
  • 3 garlic cloves minced
  • olive oil
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 180º C (350 º F)
  2. Toss the eggs, the flour, the milk, the cheese and the oil into the blender and blend in high speed for 5 minutes.
  3. Add the salt and the baking powder and blend in low speed until you get a homogeneous dough.
  4. Now to make the filling we need to heat a big pan and pour a little bit of olive oil and saute the onions, the pepper, and the garlic for a couple minutes. Then add the tuna and cook over medium heat for five minutes.
  5. To assemble the tuna tart: first, you will need to grease a tart pan. Then pour half of the dough. Above place a layer of the tuna filling and cover with the remaining dough. Take it to the oven for 25 minutes.
  6. Let the tuna tart chill completely. Then cut it into cubes and you can serve or store up to 4 days.
Recipe Notes
  1. For a real Portuguese tuna tart the right cheese is Flamingo, but in the USA it can be hard to find. The closest type of cheese that it can find is Edam. One slice will be enough.