Tonno E Fagioli Tuna And White Bean Salad Recipes

FAGIOLI E TONNO

Steps:

• Pour the beans into a colander and rinse them thoroughly. Allow the beans to drain well.
• In a large bowl, mix the beans with the tunafish, which you will have drained and broken up into chunks with a fork. Add the rest of the ingredients and toss well. If the mixture is a little dry, add more oil. Adjust for seasoning.
• Serve, if you like on a bed of tender lettuce or topped with a light sprinkling of additional onion and parsley for color.

TUSCAN TUNA & CANNELLINI SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, break up the tuna into large pieces and add the beans.
• In a separate medium size bowl, prepare the dressing by mixing the olive oil, lemon juice, parsley, salt and pepper.
• Mix well and pour over the tuna and beans.
• Add the onion and mix.
• Cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes or till ready to serve.

WHITE BEAN AND TUNA FISH SALAD WITH LEMON PEPPER DRESSING

Steps:

• Begin this the night before you are going to make the salad by placing the beans in a bowl and covering them with cold water to soak. Next day, drain the beans, then put them in a large saucepan, cover with fresh water and bring them up to simmering point. Boil for 10 minutes, then cover and simmer gently for 1¼-1½ hours, or until tender. Meanwhile, empty the tuna fish into a sieve fitted over a bowl and allow it to drain, reserving the oil. Then, to make the dressing, first crush the garlic and salt using a pestle and mortar till the garlic is pulverised, then work the mustard powder into this. Now push the mixture to one side, add the peppercorns and crush these fairly coarsely. You can watch how to prepare garlic in our Cookery School Video on this page. Next add the grated lemon zest, along with the lemon juice, olive oil and 3 tablespoons of the reserved tuna oil (the rest of the tuna oil can be discarded). Whisk everything together very thoroughly, then, when the beans are cooked, drain them, rinse out the saucepan and return the beans to it. Now pour the dressing over while the beans are still warm, give everything a good stir and season generously. To serve the salad, arrange three-quarters of the rocket leaves over the base of a serving dish, spoon the beans on top and add the tuna fish in chunks. Then add the rest of the rocket leaves, pushing some of the leaves and chunks of tuna right in amongst the beans. Finally, arrange the onion slices on top and serve straight away, allowing people to help themselves. Warm, crusty ciabatta bread would be an excellent accompaniment.

INSALATA DI FAGIOLI E TONNO: TUNA AND BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Mix cannellini beans, tuna, and celery in a salad bowl. Squeeze the lemon juice into the bowl. Pour in the extra-virgin olive oil. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Mix well.

TONNO E FAGIOLI (TUNA AND WHITE BEAN SALAD)

Steps:

• I • Soak beans in a large bowl of cold water for at least 4 hours or overnight. Drain, put into a medium pot, and add 6 cups of cold water, garlic, sage, and 1 tbsp. of the oil. Cover and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, partially covered, stirring occasionally, until beans are tender, 45-60 minutes. Drain, put beans into a large bowl, season to taste with salt and pepper, and set aside to let cool. 2. Add tuna, breaking up large chunks with a wooden spoon, to bowl with beans. Scatter onions over tuna, then drizzle with oil and season generously with salt and pepper.