Tuna Melt Creamy Recipes

ULTIMATE TUNA MELT

Steps:

• In a medium sized bowl combine the tuna, mayonnaise, celery, red onion, dijon mustard, parsley, salt and pepper.
• Butter each slice of bread. Putting the butter side down add the cheese on the unbuttered side. Add the tuna mixture on top. Top with tomato and additional cheese.

BEST TUNA MELT (NEW JERSEY DINER STYLE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven broiler.
• In a bowl, mix the tuna, mayonnaise, celery, onion, parsley, and vinegar. Season with salt and pepper.
• Place the rye bread slices on a baking sheet, and broil 1 minute in the preheated oven, until lightly toasted. Remove from heat, and spread with the tuna salad. Place 1 cheese slice over the tuna salad on each piece of bread, layer with a tomato slice, and top with remaining cheese slices.
• Return layered bread to the preheated oven, and broil 3 to 5 minutes, until cheese is melted.

CREAMY TUNA MELT

Steps:

• Place broiler rack in position under broiler and turn on broiler.
• Saute garlic,celery and onion in a small amount of oil or butter in a skillet. Cook until onion is just tender.
• Drain tuna and add to skillet along with ricotta cheese, broccoli, mayonnaise, and lemon juice. Cook long enough to warm ingredients through, perhaps 3 minutes, stirring frequently.
• If you like your bagels to be a bit toasted, place them under broiler while tuna mixture is warming up.
• Place bagel halves, split side up, in baking dish. Spread tuna mixture over top covering all and sprinkle cheese over top of mixture.
• Broil 2 or 3 minutes, until cheese melts.
• Serve at once.
• Broil 3 to 4 inches from the heat until the cheddar melts, about 5 minutes.

HOW TO MAKE A TUNA MELT

Steps:

• Place tuna into a mixing bowl and lightly break apart with a fork. Add green onion, celery, capers, chile paste, and mayonnaise. Pinch small pieces from mozzarella cheese into the tuna salad and stir to mix. Season with salt and black pepper; refrigerate tuna salad until needed.
• Heat oven's broiler. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Spread butter generously on both sides of French bread slices.
• Broil buttered bread until golden brown on top, 2 to 3 minutes. Flip bread slices and broil other side until toasted, 2 to 3 more minutes. Remove from oven and turn bread slices over on the baking sheet so the darkest sides are on the bottom.
• Gently spread tuna salad onto bread slices using 2 forks. Press the salad onto the bread and spread tuna all the way to the edges of the bread. Spread shredded sharp Cheddar over each sandwich. Dust tops with cayenne pepper.
• Place sandwiches under broiler and cook until cheese is melted and bubbling, 5 to 6 minutes.