March 6 2016 recipe by Anne Aobadia![Anne Aobadia]()
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, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE![Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE]()
in Recipes, Appetizer, Lunch, Meal
, photo by Emma Shevtzoff
, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE
in Recipes, Appetizer, Lunch, Meal Keto tuna cheese melt
Cheesy, creamy, and silky, this open-faced tuna melt is elegant and satisfying. Serve with simple oopsie bread, and get ready to fall in love!
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Ingredients
Oopsie bread
- 3 3 eggeggs
- 4ยฝ oz. (9 tbsp) 130 g (130 ml) cream cheese, softened
- 1 pinch 1 pinch salt
- ยฝ tbsp ยฝ tbsp ground psyllium husk powder
- ยฝ tsp ยฝ tsp baking powder
Tuna salad
- ยพ cup 180 ml mayonnaise or vegan mayonnaise or sour cream
- 4 (52โ3 oz.) 4 (160 g) celery stalk, mincedcelery stalks, minced
- 2 oz. 55 g dill pickle, choppeddill pickles, chopped
- 8 oz. 230 g tuna in water drained
- 1 tsp 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 1 garlic clove, mincedgarlic cloves, minced
- salt and pepper, to taste
Topping
- 2ยฝ cups (10 oz.) 600 ml (290 g) shredded cheddar cheese
- ยผ tsp ยผ tsp cayenne pepper or paprika powder
For serving
- 5 oz. (2ยฝ cups) 140 g (600 ml) leafy greens
- olive oil
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Instructions
Oopsie bread
- Preheat the oven to 300ยฐF (150ยฐC). Line a half-sheet pan, 13 x 18" (33 x 46 cm) with parchment paper.
- Separate the egg yolks from the egg whites, placing each into two separate, large bowls.
- Add the salt to the egg whites and whip together with an electric mixer until it becomes very stiff. You should be able to turn the bowl over without the egg whites moving.
- Mix the egg yolks and cream cheese together with the electric mixer, and then stir in the psyllium husk and baking powder until well combined.
- Gently fold the egg whites into the egg yolk mix โ try to keep the air in the egg whites.
- Place two equal mounds of batter on the parchment-lined baking tray for each serving. Spread the batter with a spatula to form ยฝ " (1 cm) thick circles.
- Bake on the middle rack for about 25 minutes until golden. Set aside, and let the bread cool on the tray.
Tuna cheese melts
- Preheat the oven to 350ยฐF (175ยฐC).
- Mix together the tuna salad ingredients.
- Take the baking tray with the cooled Oopsie bread and spread the tuna salad on top of each slice.
- Sprinkle the cheese and cayenne or paprika on top. Bake on the middle rack for about 15 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and golden.
- Serve the tuna melt with the leafy greens drizzled with olive oil.
Tip
The tuna melts can be refrigerated and later reheated or enjoyed as a chilled leftover - delicious!
Swap canned salmon or chicken for the tuna if you want to mix it up.
71 comments
I was too lazy to make oopsies, so I used my convenience frozen slices of egg plant with tomato puree instead. Works just as well and tastes great. My mum is not a low carber, she got her portion on a multigrain bread and was very happy with it as well.
It was excellent both ways.
I used 4 cans of 6oz tuna (in water) and that was more than enough for 6+ servings.
Thank you!
.. umm let say i used
1 can of tuna in olive oil
1 minced garlic clove
1 tsp galic powder
1 tsp ground black pepper
3 small mushrooms
1 tsp natural olive oil ( it 100% natural cuz my cousin made it)
1 tsp mayonnaise
2 tbsp shredded yellow cheese
... that it
.. i really wanna know how carbs in that?
Please send to
mchandbags@aol.com
Thank you
But it was very tasty, will make again.
Some people have luck with flax or chia, but we have not tested them in this recipe.