Italian Style Oil Poached Tuna Salad Food

ITALIAN-STYLE TUNA SALAD

Steps:

• Mix olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt, and pepper together for the dressing.
• Mix bread, tomatoes, cucumber, onion, tuna, olives, and capers together gently. Pour dressing on top and serve.

ITALIAN TUNA SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk together the lemon juice, capers and Dijon mustard in a large bowl. While continuing to whisk, drizzle in the olive oil in a steady stream. Whisk in 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add the beans to the dressing and mash gently with a spoon. Add the tuna, flaking it with a fork into bite-size pieces. Toss lightly to coat. Top the tuna mixture with the arugula, treviso, endive, shaved fennel, parsley leaves and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Using your hands, toss the salad together, bringing the dressing up from the bottom of the bowl until everything is coated evenly.

OLIVE OIL-POACHED TUNA

Steps:

• Let tuna rest at room temperature for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Combine garlic, thyme, and red pepper flakes in a heavy skillet. Pour olive oil into skillet to reach a depth of 1 inch. Heat oil over medium heat until garlic and thyme begin to sizzle, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Place tuna gently in hot oil and reduce heat to low. Cook steaks in hot oil, spooning oil over the top of the steaks constantly, until fish is white and hot, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat, transfer steaks to a baking dish, and pour hot oil and herbs over the fish. Cool fish and oil to room temperature.
• Wrap baking dish tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate steaks for 24 hours. Remove fish from oil and sprinkle sea salt over the top.

ITALIAN TUNA SALAD

Steps:

• Cover the sun-dried tomatoes with hot water in a bowl. Set aside until soft, about 20 minutes, then drain, chop, and put in a medium bowl. To mellow the minced onion, soak it in cold water for 10 minutes, then drain it well, pat dry and add to the tomatoes.
• Add the tuna, breaking it into large chunks, along with the celery, olives, and capers, and toss to combine. Add the olive oil, lemon zest and juice, and basil and toss again. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Serve cold, with bread or greens, if desired.

CONDIGLIONE (ITALIAN TUNA SALAD)

Steps:

• Turn tuna out onto saucer without flaking.
• Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon each oil and lemon juice and season lightly with 1/4 teaspoon each of the salt and pepper.
• Let stand at room temperature to marinate.
• Just before serving, combine tomato, bell peppers, cucumber, onion, garlic, and herbs in mixing bowl.
• Sprinkle with remaining 1 Tablespoon each oil and lemon juice and season with remaining 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper.
• Toss gently to combine.
• Add tuna and toss once.
• Make a bed of romaine leaves on serving platter and spoon salad on center.
• Arrange eggs around edge and sprinkle with olives and cheese.