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Offline judydawn

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Review of Tuna Tart from A South African Odyssey Page 158
« on: September 09, 2014, 03:10:04 pm »
This looked a quick and easy recipe but it was very disappointing.  The recipe called for cheese to be grated & set aside.  Onion chopped (over chopped if following instructions) then adding 170g tuna, 3 slices bread, 250 mls milk, 130g mayo, seasonings & the 150g cheese, mix & place in an ovenproof dish then bake for 30 mins.

I don't like a raw onion taste so I chopped the onion (less than the recipe called for) & sauteed it in some oil before adding everything except the tuna back into the bowl to mix together including a confit clove of garlic to add more flavour. I then folded the tuna through by hand so as to leave it chunky. I cooked it in the air fryer.

The recipe was supposed to feed 6 people and although I only eat small serves, the quantities used in this recipe only yielded 3 serves.  It was more like a mornay than a tart but taste wise, it was nothing like our normal tuna mornays.

Very disappointing in method, taste and amount of servings.
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« Last Edit: September 21, 2014, 09:25:27 am by judydawn »
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Re: Review of Tuna Tart from A South African Odyssey Page 158
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2014, 03:20:31 pm »
How disappointing for you Judy.Will you be able to salvage the two other portions?
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Re: Review of Tuna Tart from A South African Odyssey Page 158
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2014, 10:03:47 pm »
Judy,  thanks for the review.  Sounds like too much liquid. 

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Re: Review of Tuna Tart from A South African Odyssey Page 158
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2014, 12:57:23 am »
Not too much liquid Chookie, the texture was fine - the bread soaked up the liquid.  The book said to cook it in a 18 x 25cm dish but that would have ended up as a very thin slice and if you cut it into 6 slices, people would have been still hungry afterwards.  I used a 17 cm round pyrex dish which fitted into the a/f. 

I'll still eat it Denise, it wasn't horrible but just not the nice taste we are used to with our tuna mornays. I won't give any to Mum though. Maybe the mayonnaise was what spoiled the dish.
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Re: Review of Tuna Tart from A South African Odyssey Page 158
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2014, 04:16:30 am »
Great to read your review Judy.  Such a shame that it didn't turn out .  Hope that whatever else you try is much better.