Whether you have only distant memories of tuna melts from childhood or you've always been a fan, this toasted tuna melt will hit the spot.
Ingredients
14-ounce canoil-packed tuna
3Tablespoons mayo, plus more for bread
Juice of ½ of a lemon (about 1 Tablespoon)
½Tablespoonwhole grain mustard
¼cupdiced red onion or shallot
2Tablespoonsfresh dill, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
4slicessourdough bread
thick slices sharp cheddar cheese
4butter leaf lettuce leaves, rinsed and patted dry (optional)
Instructions
Make the tuna salad: Drain the oil from the tuna. In a medium-sized bowl, combine the tuna, 3 Tablespoons of mayo, lemon juice, mustard, red onion, dill, and salt and pepper with a fork, smashing the tuna as you go. Taste and make sure the tuna salad has enough salt and pepper and adjust accordingly. Using the additional mayo, spread a generous pat of mayo on all four slices of bread on one side.
Assemble and cook: Bring a skillet to medium heat, and as it’s warming place two slices of bread on the skillet (mayo side down)- this will simultaneously provide you enough time for your cheese to warm and the bread to develop a nice golden brown color. Divide the tuna mixture between the two slices of bread and spread with a knife until even. Top the tuna with 1-2 thick slices of sharp cheddar cheese, depending on how big your slices of bread are. Top the cheese with the remaining sliced bread (mayo side up).
Cook the tuna melt until the bread on the bottom is a deep golden brown. Flip the tuna melt and cook until the other side of the sandwich is also a deep golden brown color and the cheese has melted. If your grilled cheese appears to be cooking too quickly, lower your heat to medium-low.
Once fully cooked, remove the sandwich from the skillet and place on a cutting board. If using the butter leaf lettuce, gently open the side of the sandwich without cheese, lay the butter leaf lettuce down, and close the sandwich. Cut both sandwiches in half and serve immediately.
Notes
- The tuna melt served at Current is significantly creamier. We are more than satisfied with the end result of this sandwich but if you want a more creamy, saucier tuna melt, add 2 additional tablespoons of mayo to the tuna mixture.