Florentine Tuna Panini Recipes

ITALIAN TUNA PANINI

Steps:

• In bowl, mix together tuna, red pepper, celery, green onions,artichokes pepper,mayonnaise, plain yogurt salt and pepper.
• Cut buns in half horizontally; spread tuna mixture evenly over bottom half of each. Sprinkle each evenly with cheese. Replace bun top.
• In nonstick skillet or grill pan or on grill, cook sandwiches over medium heat, pressing often to flatten and turning once, for about 5 minutes or until crusty and cheese is melted. Makes 4 servings.

TUNA PANINI MELT

Steps:

• Mix tuna, mayonnaise, balsamic vinegar, onion, and dill pickle together in a bowl.
• Spread tuna mixture over 2 slices of bread. Top with American cheese and remaining 2 slices of bread.
• Cook in a panini press until bread is crispy and cheese is melted, 3 to 4 minutes.

TUNA AND ARTICHOKE PANINI

Steps:

• Puree the olives, oil, garlic, and zest in a food processor until smooth and spreadable. Blend in the mayonnaise. Toss the tuna, artichokes, lemon juice, and pepper in a medium bowl, keeping the tuna in small chunks.
• Hollow out the bottom and top halves of the bread. Spread the olive puree over both cut sides of the bread. Spoon the tuna and artichoke mixture onto the bottom half of the bread. Sprinkle the tomatoes over. Cover with the bread top. Cut the sandwich crosswise into 6 pieces and serve.

TUNA FLORENTINE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350°F.
• Grease a 1 1/2-quart shallow baking dish.
• In medium saucepan cook onion in butter until transparent.
• Add soup, sour cream, milk, lemon juice, seasoned salt, thyme, dry mustard and pepper and mix well.
• Stir in noodles and spinach.
• Place half the noodle mixture into prepared baking dish.
• Cover with tuna and half the cheese.
• Repeat with remaining noodle mixture and cheese and sprinkle with paprika.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until edges are bubbly.
• Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

TUNA FLORENTINE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. Thaw and drain spinach squeezing out excess water. Spread spinach evenly in a greased 2 quart casserole. Sprinkle onions and tuna over spinach.
• 3. Mix soup and sour cream together and pour over ingredients in casserole.
• 4. Mix bread crumbs with melted butter and sprinkle over top of casserole along with parmesan cheese.
• 5. Bake at 350 degrees or until golden and bubbly.

TUNA FLORENTINE

Steps:

• In 12-inch skillet, stir together uncooked pasta and sauce mix from Tuna Helper box, water, milk, butter and garlic powder. Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Stir in tuna, spinach and tomatoes.
• Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and cook 13 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until pasta is tender. Stir in lemon juice; sprinkle with cheese.

TUNA AND ARTICHOKE PANINI

Steps:

• Puree the olives, oil, garlic, and zest in a food processor until smooth and spreadable. Blend in the mayonnaise.
• Toss the tuna, artichokes, lemon juice, and pepper in a medium bowl, keeping the tuna in small chunks.
• Hollow out the bottom and top halves of the bread. Spread the olive puree over both cut sides of the bread. Spoon the tuna and artichoke mixture onto the bottom half of the bread. Sprinkle the tomatoes over.Cover with the bread top.
• Cut the sandwich crosswise into 6 pieces and serve.

TUNA PASTA FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Add the pasta to a pot of boiling water and cook for 8-10 minutes, until al dente, put aside.
• Fry the mushrooms until they stop giving off liquid, put aside.
• Heat the sour cream and pesto sauce in a pan until smooth.
• Add the spinach and cook for 5 minutes, until spinach is wilted.
• Add the pasta, mushrooms, tomatoes, tuna, oregano and lemon juice.
• Add salt, pepper and oregano to taste.
• Stir and cook gently for 5 minutes, until warmed through.