Tuna Pie - Aruba Pastechi

• servings: 20 servings
• active time: 1 hour 30 minutes
• total time: 1 hour 40 minutes

Ingredients

5 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup unsalted butter (frozen)

2 eggs (beaten)

½ cup - ¾ cup ice cold water

2 tablespoons oil

1 onion (chopped)

1 bell pepper (chopped)

2 stalks celery (chopped)

2 garlic cloves (finely chopped)

2 to matoes (chopped)

1 tablespoon capers

2 tablespoons raisins

2 tablespoons ketchup

2 tablespoons mustard

3 tablespoons Worcestershire

1 tablespoon Sambal Olek

3 7 oz. cans tuna fish (well drained)

2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley

salt and pepper (to taste)

oil (for frying)

Directions

To make the pastry, combine the flour and salt in a large bowl.

With gloves on, grate the butter into the flour.

Using a pastry blender, cut the butter into the flour until evenly distributed.

Make a well in the center of the flour.

Add beaten eggs in the middle.

Slowly add the flour into the center and mix until you have a shaggy dough.

Add water, a little at a time. Add just enough water so that the dough comes together.

Wrap in plastic wrap or a ziploc bag and place in the refrigerator for at least ½ hour.

Meanwhile, make the filling.

In a large cast iron skillet, heat oil.

Add onion, bell peppers and celery.

Saute until it starts to change color.

Add garlic and tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes.

Add capers, raisins, ketchup, mustard, Worcestershire and sambal.

Stir to combine and cook for 1 minute.

Add tuna fish. Break up the tuna and cook for another 2 minutes.

Add parsley and stir to combine.

Add salt and pepper. Stir to combine.

Let it cook for a few minutes.

Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough to a circle as thin as possible. Work with half of the dough at a time.

Using a 5” biscuit cutter, cut out circles from the dough.

Place about 2 tablespoons of the tuna filling on each circle.

Brush the edges with water.

Seal the pies by pressing the edges together.

Crimp the edges with a fork or twist the edges to seal.

Repeat until all the pastry dough has been filled.

Heat a deep pot with oil.

Place the tuna pies in the hot oil and fry until golden brown on both sides.

Air Fryer Method

Preheat the Air Fryer to 375 F.

Spray the Air Fryer basket with non stick spray.

Seal and cook for 10 minutes.

Serve pastechi with ketchup, mustard and sambal.

Nutrition

• Calories: 242 kcal
• Total Fat: 12 g
• Saturated Fat: 6 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
• Trans Fat: 1 g
• Cholesterol: 46 mg
• Sodium: 228 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 28 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1 g
• Total Sugars: 2 g
• Protein: 7 g