Tuna-Apple Mini Melts

A creamy tuna-apple mixture fills mini-phyllo pastry shells and is topped with Havarti cheese slices to make a tasty, bite-sized appetizer.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup diced Pink Lady apple*
• 1/3 cup finely chopped celery
• 2 tablespoons minced red onion
• 1 hard-cooked egg, peeled and chopped
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly cracked pepper
• 2 (12-oz.) cans solid white tuna in spring water, drained and flaked
• 3 (1.9-oz.) packages frozen mini-phyllo pastry shells, thawed
• 12 deli Havarti cheese slices, cut into 4 pieces each
• Garnish: thin Pink Lady apple slices

Directions: 

1. Stir together first 8 ingredients in a medium bowl. Stir in tuna. Cover and chill 1 hour.

2. Divide mixture among phyllo shells (about 1 Tbsp. each), and place on a 15- x 10-inch jelly-roll pan. Top with cheese pieces.

3. Preheat broiler with oven rack 5 1/2 inches from heat. Broil tartlets 1 to 2 minutes or until cheese is melted. Serve immediately. Garnish, if desired.

*Gala apple may be substituted.

Source: Ashley McMakin, Birmingham, Alabama, Ashley Mac's, Birmingham, Alabama, Southern Living NOVEMBER 2011