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Tuna In A Basque Style Recipe

This recipe inspired by the Basque region for tuna is full of our favourite vegetables of aubergine, peppers and onion, very much like a ratatouille sauce.

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Ingredients

For the recipe:
  • 25g tuna steaks
  • Olive oil
  • Steenbergs Organic natural sea salt (alternatively instead of the pepper and salt add Steenbergs organic perfect salt blend)
  • organic black pepper
  • 1 onion, finely sliced
  • 4 sweet peppers, deseeded and chopped
  • 4 ripe tomatoes, peeled, deseeded and chopped
  • 1 small aubergine, finely diced
  • 1 clove garlic, chopped and crushed
  • 2tsp organic paprika
  • 1tsp organic thyme
  • 1 organic bay leaf

This recipe inspired by the Basque region for tuna is full of our favourite vegetables of aubergine, peppers and onion, very much like a ratatouille sauce.

Recipe for 4

Method

01
Season with sea salt and pepper. Sear the tuna steaks in the olive oil. 
02
Put the tuna to one side, then fry the onion and peppers. 
03
When the vegetables are soft, add all the other ingredients and stir them together. 
04
Put the tuna back into the sauce and simmer for about 20 minutes. Serve with boiled rice and lettuce salad.