Tuna Pie

I'll admit that when I first heard of this and saw it being made, I was not interested AT ALL.  I'm not a huge fan of tuna fish and I'm somewhat hesitant about some "pies," (though they are very common here in the UK) but once I tasted it, I was sold!  I saw it being made on Thursday of last week as part of a women's activity at my church.  I made it for dinner the following Saturday.  I'll definitely make this again.  It's easy and tastes BRILLIANT!  The woman who made it is actually from Brazil, so I'm not even sure if this can be considered British, but in any case, it is worth tryinig out!

Ingredients:

(Pastry)

• 4 eggs 
• 1 c olive oil
• 1 c milk
• 2 c flour
• 1 tsp salt OR 1 cube (U.S. size - I broke my UK size in half) chicken or vegetable stock
• 1 Tb baking powder

(Filling)

• 2 cans tuna, drained
• Mixed vegetables (I used drained, canned corn since that is what I had)
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 chopped tomato
• 1 cup cheese
• 2 chives, chopped
• Salsa (she didn't make it with this and I didn't have any either, but it was listed as an option)
• Whatever you have on hand... (She even said you could use chicken,turkey, or minced (ground) meat instead of tuna)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 200 C (400 F).
2. In a blender (or in a bowl, with a hand mixer), blend the eggs, oil, milk, flour, and salt (or chicken stock cube) until the mixture is smooth.  Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, combine the ingredients for the filling.
4. Grease and flour a baking dish (I just used a rectangular, glass casserole dish).
5. Add the baking powder to the mixture in #2  and blend for a few minutes.
6. Pour half of the batter into the prepared baking dish.
7. Add the filling.
8. Spread the remaining batter over the filling (First pour some around the edges and then go back and forth over the middle until it is entirely covered).
9. Bake in preheated oven for about 30 minutes (I think it took me closer to 45) or until golden brown.

Enjoy!  Yum!