Tuna Crostini Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Drain tuna and place oil in a small bowl. Place baguette slices on a baking sheet and brush with oil on both sides. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Bake until crisp and golden, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool. Place tuna in a small bowl. Add lemon juice, tomatoes, garlic and half the basil, stirring to combine. Season with salt and pepper. Place tuna mixture on toast and garnish with remaining basil before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Slice baguette into 1/2-inch thick slices and place on a baking sheet. Bake until toasted and golden, about 5 to 10 minutes.
• Combine all remaining ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix thoroughly.
• Top each toasted baguette slice with about 1 tablespoon of the tuna salad.

Steps:

• In a food processor, combine chick peas, garlic, parsley, sesame seeds and red pepper flakes, and pulse until coarsely chopped and combined. Remove to a bowl, stir in extra-virgin olive oil, and add lemon juice.
• Heat canola oil in a saute pan and season tuna with salt, pepper, and paprika. Sear both sides and remove to a utility platter to let rest.
• While tuna is resting, arrange bread slices on baking sheet and toast in oven.
• Slice tuna and assemble appetizers by spooning hummus on each toast round and then topping with a piece of tuna. Top tuna with another small amount of hummus, about 1/8 teaspoon, and a small sprig of parsley.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Make Crostini:.
• Set the baguette slices on baking sheet and lightly brush with olive oil.
• Bake until golden brown, turning once about 4 minutes.
• Finely chop half the green olives, set aside.
• Thinly slice the remaining green olives and pimento-stuffed olives, set aside.
• Remove yolks from eggs, set aside.
• Place whites in a bowl.
• Using a fork, mash egg whites until 1/4-inch pieces are formed.
• Add mayonnaise, tuna, reserved chopped olives & pimento-stuffed olive slices, capers, and chopped tarragon, stir to combine.(If needed - add more mayonnaise).
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Place 1 tablespoon mixture onto each crostini.
• Place reserved yolks in a sieve. With a spoon, press yolks through sieve into a bowl.
• Top each crostini with yolk, garnish with tarragon and reserved olives.
• Serve.

Steps:

• Finely chop half the olives; set aside. Thinly slice the remaining olives; set aside.
• Remove yolks from eggs; set aside. Place whites in a bowl. Using a fork, mash egg whites until 1/4-inch pieces are formed. Add mayonnaise, tuna, reserved chopped olives, capers, and chopped tarragon; stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper. Place 1 tablespoon mixture onto each crostini.
• Place reserved yolks in a sieve. With a spoon, press yolks through sieve into a bowl. Top each crostini with yolk, garnish with tarragon and reserved olives, and serve.