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Thermomix Recipes for TM5 and TM31 => Seafood and Fish => Topic started by: Chelsea (Thermie Groupie) on January 30, 2010, 11:48:57 am
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Cheesy Tuna Strudels Serves: 6
Ingredients:
3 sheets frozen puff pastry
1 egg
150g tasty cheese
handful fresh parsley
4 shallots roughly chopped
1 medium carrot roughly chopped
1 stick celery roughly chopped
1/2 red capsicum roughly chopped
425g can tuna in oil, drained
150g cream cheese cubed (or half tsp size blobs)
3/4 tsp curry powder
salt and pepper to taste (I use lots of cracked pepper)
1 tsp poppy seeds (optional)
Method:
Preheat oven to 180o and line trays with baking paper (enough trays to fit 3 half sheets of pastry on them).
Lay pastry sheets out on bench to thaw.
Separate the egg, placing the eggwhite in one cup and the yolk in another cup (beat the yolk lightly).
Place the cheese in the TMX bowl and grate for 3 seconds on speed 8. Set aside.
Without rinsing the bowl add the parsley, shallots, carrot, celery and capsicum and chop for 3-5 seconds on speed 5 (until it is a finely grated texture). Remove any large remaining pieces and handchop them or discard.
Add half of the grated cheese into the TMX bowl with the vegies. Also add the curry powder, salt and pepper, cream cheese and tuna (flaking it slightly as you put it in). Mix until well combined on reverse speed 3 for 7 seconds.
Cut each pastry sheet in half, lengthways. Spread the tuna mixture (in mounds) over 3 of the pastry pieces leaving a 2cm border around the edge. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top of the tuna mixture. Brush the edges of pastry around the tuna filling with eggwhite.
Cut 7cm-diagonal slits (about 3 cm apart) down the remaining 3 pieces of pastry to form the strudel tops. Carefully place these on top of the tuna mixture (the bottoms) and seal by pressing the edges together.
Transfer the strudels to the prepared trays and brush the tops with egg yolk. Sprinkle with poppy seeds if desired.
Bake for 30-35 minutes or until pastry is puffed and golden.
Cut into slices and serve.
Notes:
This recipe is based on a Better Homes and Gardens booklet recipe.
I forgot to do diagonal slits as you can see in the photos.
My first forum photos - nothing flash but exciting all the same!!!
Members' comments
isi - I love this one!!!! Made last night a Colzone Pizza with Tuna, Onion, Pepper and Corn! Beautiful.
faffa 70 - Made these last week and they are soooo good that even MR FUSSY (DS no 4) requested them for his 5th birthday dinner last night!!!!! OMG I have never rushed to make a recipe so fast (before he changed his mind lol).
Twitterpated - We had this for dinner tonight. Really great and quick recipe that really delivers on taste. Especially good for those who aren't real fond of fish. DS tasted the mix before I put it in the pastry and loved it so much he has asked me to make it as a dip next time we entertain. Had a taste myself and I think he's on to something.
lucky - I made this last night for dinner, it was a huge hit with the whole family!! My boys 2 and 4yo both gobbled it up, so we have a new favourite to add to our list! Thanks Chelsea for sharing.
Frozzie - had these tonight as needed something quick and I had some puff pastry in the fridge and tuna and yum. I was surprised how nice this was...wasn't expecting it to be so nice. I added a zucchini and mild chilli. DH commented quite quickly which is always a positive lol. Thanks for the recipe chelsea...thumbs up from frozzies household and so quick and easy! I made one big one then used the rest for dip. I just minced it up a bit more in the thx and it went down a treat...visitors loved it and even said it was one of the best dips he had tasted yet!!
JD - Took a full one around to Mum, popped the spare one in the freezer. Lovely recipe thanks Chelsea. Frozen strudels reheat perfectly.
Chelsea - I made these tonight even though I was missing half the ingredients. I substituted the capsicum, celery and shallots for some broccoli and half an onion (I did have a carrot). They were very yummy. I told DH about the dip idea and he tasted the mix and ended up cleaning the bowl and spatula.
Merrilyn - This was such a huge hit with the family, DH has requested I make it again for Father's Day Lunch. Thanks for a great recipe Chelsea.
Frozzie - Made this again the other day in individual pastries and had about a quarter of a cup left over so mixed it with a small pot of philly type cheese and was also very nice. Think it was 100 to 150g.
Lellyj - Thanks Chelsea, for another delicious recipe. This was fast and easy and also very filling. I added all the ingredients except the tuna and then scooped some mix out and mixed with a bit more cheese and also some cooked broccoli and carrot chunks for my vegetarian son, then added tuna to the rest. Will make again often. Next time I make this I'm going to add portabello mushrooms to the mix for the vegetarian option, and this would also taste good with tuna!
leesmac78 - WOW! Yum! Loved it! Will make it again definitely!!!!! In Germany, our pastry comes in rolls, 30cm x 50cm (approx, I had no ruler!!!) So I used 2 packets and made a giant one. Ed and I had seconds and there is plenty for lunch tomorrow. Served with a simple summer salad it was delicious! Thank you so much for such a wonderful conversion!
Shazzy - My family loved this thanks Chelsea. I took a frozen one out of the freezer for dinner last night and it reheated beautifully - I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical. In fact my husband actually raved how good it was! Will definitely be on our menu again and one that I can make and keep in the freezer for those nights we need a quick yummy meal.
maddy - .....another Chelsea winner. When I opened the tin of tuna, hubby was screwing up his nose.....thought to myself "Uh-Oh".....well he loved them!....we all did. Thanks Chelsea.
Uni - to fiddly for me, so I just threw everything in and made a pie.
CC - Made this for supper last night. I agree with everyone they are so good, thank you Chelsea for such a great recipe.
Kimmyh - Made these in the morning for Good Friday dinner and they were delicious. I was impressed at how quick and easy they were to make and how well they reheated. Will be making again. Thanks Chelsea, another one of yours in my favourites file.
Augusta - I made these on Good Friday and they tasted great. I used tinned salmon. Froze the other two for another time. Thanks Chelsea.
ES - I made this tonight substituting the curry powder with a pinch of chilli powder and a teaspoon of KFC Spice. I don't have a reverse function on my ThermoChef, so I used the knead function for about 20 seconds to combine everything at the end.
There were 3 adults and 2 kids for dinner tonight and no leftovers. DD had three servings and fussy DS had 2 servings.
MF - Just made these. They smell divine.
Cuildh - One of the draw backs of being vegetarian on this forum is that, if you are like me, you see a recipe featuring meat or fish and you tend to pass it over as being 'unsuitable'. I have always been aware that by doing this there is a chance that I may be missing out on lots of interesting recipes so, for some unknown reason, I just decided to browse this recipe this morning out of curiosity as it has been on the forum so much recently and there it was - a great recipe adaptation for a vegetarian version.
I have learned my lesson and am now going to start checking out every recipe - just in case! Thanks everyone for your postings and suggestions.
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Nice one Chelsea.
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This looks lovely Chelsea. One for dinner and one for the freezer, and one for the lunch tomorrow.
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I love this one!!!!
Made last night a Colzone Pizza with Tuna, Onion, Pepper and Corn!
Beautiful :)
regards isi :-*
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Great idea - thanks Chelsea. As isi says - could use a pizza base
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Hello!!!
I did It with Pizza Dough..... yummiiii
My daughter was a preciose help.... :D
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In the last 15 minutes I put Apple Crumble at the same time!!
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Thanks for the great Idea.
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Good pics :-* :-* :-* a new Bimbette in the making
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Isi, love to see the kids helping. A look of great concentration.
Chelsea, great photos, they provide so much information.
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Made these last week and they are soooo good that even MR FUSSY (DS no 4) requested them for his 5th birthday dinner last night!!!!! OMG I have never rushed to make a recipe so fast :o :o :o (before he changed his mind lol)
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Thanks for the reviews. I'm glad you enjoyed them.
Happy Birthday to Little Faffa!!! ;D
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How funny! I have been scanning the forum for tuna recipes (that don't taste like tuna :P) and found one of mine that I had completely forgotten about. It's now printed and on the menu plan for next week. :-)) :-))
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I know what you mean Chelsea - after a couple of years we do tend to forget what we have posted :D
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We are prolific converters. ;D
I actually also found a couple of your tuna ones too JD that I haven't tried and printed them out ready. I just need to figure out which ones won't taste like tuna now. :)
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We had this for dinner tonight. Really great and quick recipe that really delivers on taste. Especially good for those who aren't real fond of fish. DS tasted the mix before I put it in the pastry and loved it so much he has asked me to make it as a dip next time we entertain. Had a taste myself and I think he's on to something.
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The dip is a great idea. I'm glad you liked the strudels. :)
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:) hrrmm goes to show there are way too many recipes on this forum lol...i keep finding ones ive missed and great suggestion for hte dip also Twitterpateds DH ! Mmmm sounds yum with the pizza base too...will have to go on my forever expanding menu plan future list :D
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I made this last night for dinner, it was a huge hit with the whole family!! :D
my boys 2 and 4yo both gobbled it up, so we have a new favourite to add to our list!
thanks Chelsea for sharing :)
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No worries. I'm glad you enjoyed them. :)
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Oh yum. This looks delicious. I've got the family coming for lunch tomorrow and this will be just perfect.
I'll let you know how it goes.
Thanks Chelsea.
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had these tonight as needed something quick and i had some puff pastry in the fridge and tuna and yum..I was surprised how nice this was...wasnt expecting it to be so nice...i added a zucchini and mild chilli..DH commented quite quickly which is always a positive lol....
thanks for the recipe chelsea...thumbs up from frozzies household and so quick and easy!
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Am glad you all enjoyed them Frozzie. :)
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I've got these in the oven as we speak. How do you think they will freeze after cooked as I'm sure DH and I will only have 1/2 of one each?
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You will be eating them for a week JD!!! I think they should freeze ok as they are similar to pasties which freeze really well. :)
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I made one big one then used the rest for dip..i just minced it up a bit more in the thx and it went down a treat...visitors loved it and even said it was one of the best dips he had tasted yet!!
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Took a full one around to Mum, popped the spare one in the freezer. Lovely recipe thanks Chelsea.
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I made these tonight even though I was missing half the ingredients. I substituted the capsium, celery and shallots for some broccoli and half an onion (I did have a carrot :)). They were very yummy. I told DH about the dip idea and he tasted the mix and ended up cleaning the bowl and spatula. ;) ;D
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lol the dip idea is thanks to twitterpateds hubby if i remember....but was very successful at our place!! i just mixed it up really well so you didnt get too much crunchy raw taste...i have decided though that the cream cheese really does add something extra to a dish, in a sauce, mix or whatever...
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This was such a huge hit with the family, DH has requested I make it again for Father's Day Lunch.
Thanks for a great recipe Chelsea.
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Am glad you enjoyed them Merrilyn. :)
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Made this again the other day in individuel pastries and had about a quarter of a cup left over so mixes it with a sml pot of philly type cheese and was also very nice... Think it was 100 to 150g. :)
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Thanks Chelsea, for another delicious recipe. This was fast and easy and also very filling. I added all the ingredients except the tuna and then scooped some mix out and mixed with a bit more cheese and also some cooked brocolli and carrot chunks for my vegetarian son, then added tuna to the rest. Will make again often.
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Am glad you enjoyed them. :)
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[quote author=Lellyj link=topic=2883.msg95585#msg95 I added all the ingredients except the tuna and then scooped some mix out and mixed with a bit more cheese and also some cooked brocolli and carrot chunks for my vegetarian son, then added tuna to the rest. Will make again often.
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I also have vegetarian in the family and attempt for us to enjoy the same base recipe as often as possible,hadn't thought to do it with this though. We did enjoy this recipe so will do it again like you have. Thanks for sharing
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WOW! Yum! Loved it! Will make it again definitely!!!!! In Germany, our pastry comes in rolls, 30cm x 50cm (approx, I had no ruler!!!) So I used to packets and made a giant one. Ed and I had seconds and there is plenty for lunch tomorrow. Served with a simple summer salad it was delicious! Thank you so much for such a wonderful conversion!
xxx
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One of the draw backs of being vegetarian on this forum is that, if you are like me, you see a recipe featuring meat or fish and you tend to pass it over as being 'unsuitable'. I have always been aware that by doing this there is a chance that I may be missing out on lots of interesting recipes so, for some unknown reason, I just decided to browse this recipe this morning out of curiosity as it has been on the forum so much recently and there it was - a great recipe adaptation for a vegetarian version.
I have learned my lesson and am now going to start checking out every recipe - just in case! Thanks everyone for your postings and suggestions.
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Am glad you enjoyed them Lee. :)
Great work with making and sharing the vegetarian option Lellyj. Perhaps I should post them as vegetarian strudels (minus the tuna) in the vegetarian section for others to find? Would they also work with tofu replacing the tuna?
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Hi Chelsea, I am sure this would work with tofu, but do you think that it would be necessary? I think there's probably enough food combination in there to cover all the food groups, especially if you added a side salad to go with it, or you could even chop up some nuts and add them for a bit of crunchiness.
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Crunchy nut version! Yum!
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I put one of these in the freezer when I made them and tonight we had it for tea - it had been precooked and it reheated beautifully. Great standby for a quick meal.
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That's good to know JD. A very quick and easy freezer meal. :)
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Hi Chelsea, I am sure this would work with tofu, but do you think that it would be necessary? I think there's probably enough food combination in there to cover all the food groups, especially if you added a side salad to go with it, or you could even chop up some nuts and add them for a bit of crunchiness.
I agree with the tofu thing--I think with the cream cheese, pastry and veg, it is already a reasonable meal option and as a vegetarian who eats meat (this is what my husband and I call ourselves--we are happy to eat vegetarian most of the time, but still eat meat!) I find tofu pretty bland. Next time I make this I'm going to add portabello mushrooms to the mix for the vegetarian option, and this would also taste good with tuna!
Perhaps I should post them as vegetarian strudels (minus the tuna) in the vegetarian section for others to find?
Chelsea I was thinking about doing a thread on how to convert the same meal to cater vegetarian AND meat lover as it's something I have to do regularly. Number 3 child seems desperate to resist the vegetarian trend in our family and as he is grown about a foot in one year (truly!) I am keen to see he continues to eat meat from a nutritioun point of view--he's only 13. For example I cook quirky Jo's "fried rice" or as we call it "unfried rice" and I add tofu to some and bacon and or chicken to some, there's lots of ways to adapt the same meal. Maybe this almost deserves a "child board", since both Bedlam and Cuidleh often consider how to adapt meat meals to vegetarian?? What do you think?
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My family loved this thanks Chelsea. I took a frozen one out of the freezer for dinner last night and it reheated beautifully - I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical. In fact my husband actually raved how good it was! Will definitely be on our menu again and one that I can make and keep in the freezer for those nights we need a quick yummy meal.
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That's great Shazzy. :)
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.....another Chelsea winner :-*
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When I opened the tin of tuna, hubby was screwing up his nose.....thought to myself "Uh-Oh".....well he loved them!....we all did.
Thanks Chelsea ;)
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lol maddy ...he should trust you more.. :)
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to fiddly for me, so i just threw everything in and made a pie
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I bought tuna on Saturday especially to make this again. So delicious!
XXX
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I make these often now too. ;D
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Made this for supper last night.I agree with everyone they are so good, thank you Chelsea for such a great recipe :-*
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I'm glad you enjoyed them Denise. :)
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These sound delicious. I am thinking of making smaller ones like maddy did to take to a picnic. Do you think they would be ok cold or not a good idea?
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I can't see why not Tasty.
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The mix tasted really nice uncooked, so I think they would be nice served cold. :)
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Bumping :D
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Made these in the morning for Good Friday dinner and they were delicious. I was impressed at how quick and easy they were to make and how well they reheated. Will be making again. Thanks Chelsea, another one of yours in my favourites file.
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yum kimmy they look good!
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These freeze well too.
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I made these on Good Friday and they tasted great. I used tinned salmon. Froze the other two for another time. Thanks Chelsea .
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I made this tonight substituting the curry powder with a pinch of chilli powder and a teaspoon of KFC Spice. I don't have a reverse function on my ThermoChef, so I used the knead function for about 20 seconds to combine everything at the end.
There were 3 adults and 2 kids for dinner tonight and no leftovers. DD had three servings and fussy DS had 2 servings. ;D
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It sounds like it was a winner then Sue ;D
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I'm definitely making these this week :D
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Me too Suzanne. I think the GK's will love them :)
Bought the missing ingredients today so on my list for tomorrow or Friday
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Just made these. They smell divine. 3 different oven shelves each one a shade different. Putting the pale ones back in as they need a bit more cooking.
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The paler ones would have been OK to freeze MF, they will brown up whilst reheating.
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Lol should have thought of that Judy ;D
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Our DS gave me a packet of Puff Pastry and so made just one of these today.I halved the filling and it just fitted! I had forgotten how delicious this recipe is ;D
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It's nice to revisit some of the oldies Denise, this one is really a winner.
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Thanks Denise. I haven't made this so will try and remember for next week.