Tuna-Apple Mini Melts

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