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This is a very good and frugal main dish.  We serve it with garlic mashed potatoes.  Could substitute the tuna for 1 cup of cooked diced chicken, then increase the water mixture to 1 and 3/4 cup.

Tuna Pot Pie

1/2 c. or so of frozen green peas

about 2/3 c. cooked sliced carrots

1/4 c. butter or margarine

1/4 c. unbleached flour

1/4 c. finely chopped onion

1/4 tsp. sea salt

couple dashes pepper

1 and 1/2 c. water + 3 T. dry milk (shake vigourously until smooth,   in a jar with tight lid)

1 can (5 to 6 oz.)  tuna in water, DO NOT drain

Pastry for double crust  (I usually make it with 1/3 whole wheat flour)

Put frozen peas in a bowl of cold water, let sit a few minutes.  In saucepan, over medium heat: melt the butter.  Stir in flour, onion, salt, pepper: cook/stir constantly until mixture is bubbly.  Add the water/dry milk mixture and bring to boiling,  stir constantly while it thickens; cook and stir 1 minutes.  Take off heat.

Drain the peas, add to sauce.  Add carrots and undrained tuna.

Heat oven to 425º .  

Make pie pastry.  Roll half into a 11 inch circle; put in ungreased pie pan, lightly butter the crust to form a barrier.  Pour tuna mix- ture into bottom pastry.  Roll out remaining half of pastry for top crust, place on pie, trim and flute edges.  Bake 35 minutes.  After about half baked, if needed cover pie crust edge with tin foil. Let pot pie cool about 20 minutes before cutting/serving.

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