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Greek-Style Tuna Melt with Kasseri and Olives

Open-faced toasts piled with tuna, olives, celery and red onion bound by olive oil and a touch of taramosalata, then blanketed in kasseri and grilled until molten. Quick, salty and lemony.

  • YieldServes 6
  • Hands-on20 min
  • Total25 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 1 tsptaramosalata, store-bought or homemade
  • 90 mlextra-virgin Greek olive oil, 60 ml for the tuna mixture, 30 ml for the bread
  • 50 gpitted green or kalamata olives, chopped
  • ½small red onion, minced
  • 2 stalkscelery, minced
  • 350 ggood-quality tuna (bonito or albacore) packed in water, drained and flaked
  • 1lemon, juiced and strained
  • to tastefreshly ground black pepper
  • 6 slicesthick country bread, trimmed to a square
  • 225 gkasseri or other mild yellow sheep's-milk cheese, thinly sliced or shredded

Diet

  • Pescatarian

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Soy
  • Fish
  • Celery
  • Tuna
  • Fish roe and caviar
  • Legumes (any)
  • Wheat
  • Olive
  • Citrus fruits (any)
  • Lemon
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Potato (white)
  • Bell (sweet) pepper
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Black and white pepper
  • Yeast

Taste

  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat

Texture

  • Crisp

Equipment

  • Oven

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weeknight

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • Under 30 min total
  • Difficulty 1
  • Kid-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: moderate
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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