Tuna pie recipe a chicken pot pie alternative

 If you love chicken pot pie and are looking for some alternatives this tuna pie is the one! You can make it as a pie or as a pot pie! One of my family favorite dishes during lent and for all year round is  TUNA PIE!

This recipe has been in my family for so many years, I remember that when I was a little girl every family road trip include a TUNA PIE! 

The day before my mom started cooking the pies and sometimes she made ROMPOPE! Yes, this might sounds weird, but we had to travel "My mom style".  And the food was part of the road trip experience!

Then I started making these pies during lent season, it is so delicious and a great recipe to make it with all the family! 

Hope you enjoy it! 

Tuna Pie Recipe

Ingredients:

1/2 lb pate brisee ( or you can use store bought frozen puff pastry-14 oz )

2 cans albacore tuna

1 can water chestnut (diced)

6 carrots (cooked and diced)

2 roma tomatoes (diced)

1 shallot (diced)

2 garlic cloves ((diced)

1/2 cup light mayonnaise

1 egg

1 tbsp olive oil

Salt, pepper to taste

Pre heat oven at 350 ºF

Procedure:

You can make this pie in a round or rectangular baking dish. 

1.-  Sauté garlic and shallots in olive oil, until translucid at medium heat,  add the tomatoes stir  and cook for 1 minute, add the carrots, stir and cook for another minute, add the water chestnuts and tuna stir and season with salt and pepper and cook for 3 minutes.

2.-  Turn off the stove and add mayonnaise and set aside. 

3.-  Roll half of your dough and put it over your pie dish, add the tuna filling and roll the other half of the dough to put over the filling.  You can use this pie tool to give a lattice effect to your pie, or cut stripes of the same thickness and make a lattice effect on the pie add a little bit of egg wash to bind together the bottom and the top dough.

Pie lattice roller, click here

4.-  Brush the top part of the pie with egg wash. 

5.-  Bake for 45 min to 1 hour until the crust is golden and ENJOY!! So, so good!!