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Gluten Free Tuna Pie
A simple and homely pie filled with homemade goodness. This recipe is one from my childhood and my mum's signature dish as we were growing up. This sure
was one of our family favourites!
Keyword
Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Low FODMAP, No Added Sugar, Nut Free, Preservative Free, Refined Sugar Free, Soy Free
Prep Time
15
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
50
minutes
minutes
Total Time
1
hour
hour
5
minutes
minutes
Servings
6
Ingredients
Base
3
cups
cooked quinoa
1
small
Onion, finely diced
1
large
Egg, whisked
3
teaspoon
s Curry Powder
Pinch
sea salt
Black Pepper
Olive Oil for greasing
Filling
800
g
canned tuna in olive oil
1
small
Yellow Onion, finely diced
4
Cloves
Garlic, crushed
8
Large
Eggs , whisked
1/2
cup
plant based milk
1
teaspoon
Dry Mustard Powder
1/2
cup
Fresh Parsley chopped or 2 tablespoons Dried Parsley
Pinch
sea salt
Black Pepper
Instructions
Pre-heat fan-forced oven to 170°C.
Prepare and cook quinoa and set aside to slightly cool.
In a large mixing bowl combine all of the base ingredients and mix well.
Press base onto the bottom and sides of a large pie dish lightly greased with olive oil (approximately 26 cm pie dish).
Flake tuna over base.
In a mixing bowl combine remaining filling ingredients.
Pour filling gently over tuna evenly.
Bake in pre-heated oven for 50 minutes - 1 hour or until firm.
Notes
Serving Suggestions:
Serve with a side salad or cooked greens.
Make It Personal:
Add 1/2 cup frozen green peas to filling mixture before cooking.
Add a pinch of chilli powder to the base mixture.
Add 1/2 cup spinach, finely chopped to topping egg mixture.
Add 1 grated carrot to tuna filling.
You can also omit almond milk and add 1 more egg to filling.
Instead of quinoa you can also use cauliflower rice.
Recipe Tips:
For the best flavour choose a good quality brand of tuna.
Sensitive to FODMAPs?
Substitute onion for 3 spring onions (green part only) finely chopped.
Omit garlic from filling and add 1 tablespoon garlic infused olive oil to base.
To make this recipe Paleo:
Substitute cooked quinoa for 3 cups of cauliflower rice (or 1.5 cups cauliflower rice + 1.5 cups broccoli rice).
Sensitive to Nuts?
Substitute almond milk for coconut drinking milk or 1 additional egg or omit