Recipes: Lenny's Tuna Melt
Ingredients
(Serves one)
For the tuna salad:
6 oz albacore
white-meat tuna in
water, drained
juice from half a
lemon
1/4 cup plain bread
crumbs
1 celery rib,
chopped
1/4 green bell
pepper, chopped
2 tbsp mayo
For the tuna melt:
4 1/2 oz tuna salad
2 slices marbled
rye bead
2 thin slices fresh
mozzarella
cheese
3 thin slices
tomato
2 leaves romaine
lettuce, cut into
1/4-inch slices,
hearts trimmed
out
Directions
To make the tuna salad:
1. Place tuna in a medium-size bowl;
squeeze the lemon juice over it.
2. Add bread crumbs, and mix.
3. Add in celery, green pepper and
mayonnaise, and mix thoroughly.
4. Refrigerate until ready to use.
To make the tuna melt:
1. Preheat toaster oven to 250 degrees.
2. Spread the tuna salad on one slice
of the marbled rye bread.
3. Place the mozzarella cheese on top
of the tuna salad.
4. Place the open-faced half sandwich
on a heat-proof tray and put in the
toaster oven. Cook for about three
minutes, or until the cheese melts.
5. Remove from toaster oven; place the
tomato slices on top, then follow with
the romaine lettuce. Place the other
piece of bread on top. Serve warm.
From Lenny's Gourmet, lennysnyc.com
