Tuna Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese, divided
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sweet hungarian paprika
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, cold
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tuna, well-drained
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons dried red peppers or 1/4 cup minced fresh red bell pepper
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon dill weed

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400.
• 2 butter a 10" deep dish pie pan (or spray well with non-stick spray).
• 3 in a medium bowl, combine flour, 1 cup cheese, salt and paprika.
• 4 cut the butter into chunks and mix or rub with your fingers into the flour mixture until coarse crumbs are formed.
• 5 reserve 1 cup of the mixture and press the rest into the bottom and up the sides of the prepared pie pan.
• 6 arrange the drained tuna on the crust.
• 7 beat the eggs with a mixture until light and fluffy.
• 8 stir in the sour cream, the remaining 1/2 cup cheese, the mayonnaise, bell pepper, onion, and dill weed.
• 9 pour the mixture over the tuna and sprinkle with the reserved crumb mixture.
• 10 bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
• 11 let stand 15 minutes before cutting and serving.
• 12 note: i have made this recipe in a 8" pie pan using 2/3 of the recipe ingredients for fewer servings, with excellent results.