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Mediterranean Tuna

This recipe for Mediterranean Tuna serves four and features key ingredients like tuna steaks, onion, garlic, peppers, and various herbs. The preparation involves sautéing the vegetables, adding tomato puree and white wine, then simmering with chopped tomatoes for an hour and a half. Capers, olives, and basil are incorporated before the tuna is added. The dish is recommended to be served with mashed potatoes for a delightful meal.

MEDITERRANEAN TUNA

Ingredients serves 4                                                                                

  • 4 tuna steaks approximately 200g each
  • 1 small onion
  • 4 Cloves of garlic
  • 2 peppers
  • Thyme, bay leaf, rosemary
  • 70g tomato puree
  • 800g of chopped tomatoes
  • 500g passata
  • 50g olives black
  • 50g of capers
  • Bunch of basil

Method For the Mediterranean Tuna

  • 1) slice the onion, garlic, and peppers then fry them for about 2 minutes adding the thyme   
  •      bayleafs and the rosemary too
  • 3) add the tomato puree and cook well for about 3 to 4 minutes
  • 4) add the white wine and reduce by 3\4 then add the chopped tomatoes and the tomato
  •      juice (passata) bring to the boil then let simmer for about 1 and half hour
  • 5) add the capers black olives and basil and bring back to the boil
  • 6) turn off the heat dip in the tuna then cover and let rest for 5 minutes
  • 7) serve with mush potatoes ENJOY!!!!!!!!
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Spinach and Tuna Pie

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Ingredients for filling

  • 2 tins of tuna fish
  • 600g fresh spinach
  • 3 anchovy fillets (you can leave out if you don’t like them)
  • 6 sundried tomatoes
  • 12 olives chopped and stoned
  • 1 large onion, finely chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 3 tablespoons capers
  • 4 tablespoons of olive oil
  • fresh mint leaves
  • 2 tablespoons tomato puree
  • a little sea salt and freshly
    ground pepper.
  • 1 beaten egg yolk (to brush the top pastry before going into oven)

Equipment

  • Deep large baking dish
  • Wooden spoon
  • Pastry brush
  • Rolling pin
  • Fork

Method

  1. Pre-heat oven on gas mark 6.
  2. Pour some olive oil in a deep large baking dish and put it in oven to heat up.
  3. When oil is piping hot, toss in the chopped onion and crushed garlic and bake till it’s gold.
  4. Throw in all the other ingredients ONE BY ONE, bake them until every vegetable is well baked in the fats. There should be no liquids left in the pan. Give a good stir every time yo take out dish to put in next ingredient.
  5. When ready, cool the mixture completely.
  6. Get the pastry ready by rolling it out and lining it in the bottom of another smaller oven dish. Add the cooled off mixture and press it down into the pastry case. Cover it with the pastry lid, seal the edges and prick all over with a fork. Decorate as you please and brush the surface with an egg yolk.
  7. Bake for about 45 minutes until it’s golden brown. Make sure it settles and eat it preferably at room temperature.