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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Tuna Bruschetta Cups
I enjoy tuna. Not the fancy type either, like tuna steaks, but plain old tuna out of a can. I know we aren't supposed to eat a lot of it because of mercury and whatnot, but once in a while it is nice. I wanted to dress this simple protein up a little bit, so I played around with some different ideas and came up with my Tuna Bruschetta cups. Here we go!
(keep in mind, I just have a regular digital camera and I don't know very much about it, so sorry if the pictures aren't high quality!)
Tuna Bruschetta Cups
2 tubes refrigerated crescent roll dough
2 Roma tomatoes, diced
1 Tbsp Basil
1/2 tsp minced garlic
1/2 tsp oil (olive or vegetable)
1 tsp balsamic vinaigrette dressing
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
2 (6 oz) cans tuna in water, drained
1/2 tsp mustard
1/2 tsp relish
chopped onion to taste
salt and pepper to taste
Parmesan cheese
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Lightly grease the cups of a muffin tin.
3. Open crescent rolls and press one triangle into each muffin cup, forming a small crust (You will have four extra triangles to bake or save). Bake for 6 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine tomatoes, basil, garlic, oil, balsamic vinaigrette, salt, and pepper. Set aside.
5. In another small bowl, combine tuna, mustard, relish, onion, salt, and pepper. Set aside.
6. Remove partially baked crusts from the oven and depress the dough back down to form a crust.
7. Distribute tuna mixture evenly between the crusts, and then top with tomatoes.
8. Bake an additional 7 minutes.
9. Remove from oven and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
So what to do with those four lonely little crescent triangles?
I used another muffin tin, lightly greased and formed four more little crusts.
Pre-bake these crusts for 6-7 minutes.
Then I used:
2 individual diced peach cups, drained (like for lunchboxes)
1-2 Tbsp brown sugar
cinnamon
cloves
nutmeg
Mix in a small bowl, and distribute among the crusts. Bake an additional 7-8 minutes.
And VOILA! Peach tarts!
Depending how much you love spices, you can experiment with the amount you add to the peaches.
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