Tuna and Italian bread salad
- Published: 31 Jul 07
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
This delightfully quick tuna and Italian bread recipe is full of olives, capers, cucmber and tomatoes – perfect for a light lunch.
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Ingredients
- 100g crusty country bread, roughly torn
- 400g ripe vine tomatoes, chopped
- 1 small red onion, halved and sliced
- ½cucumber, roughly chopped
- 50g pitted Kalamata olives, halved
- 1 tbsp capers, rinsed and drained
- Bunch of fresh basil, leaves torn
- 4 tbsp olive oil, plus extra, if you like
- 4 tsp red wine vinegar
- Pinch of caster sugar
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 2 x 185g cans tuna steak in spring water, drained
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Method
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan180°C/gas 6. Place the bread on a baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes, turning occasionally, until golden. Set aside to cool. In a large bowl, combine the tomatoes, onion, cucumber, olives, capers and basil. Add the bread, season and toss well.
- Whisk together the oil, vinegar, sugar and garlic. Season and pour over the salad. Mix well, cover and stand for 30 minutes or up to 1 hour to allow the flavours to develop.
- Just before serving, gently fold in the tuna. Divide between 4 salad bowls and serve with an extra drizzle of olive oil, if you like.
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- Recipe from August 2007 Issue
Nutrition
Nutrition: per serving
- Calories
- 313kcals,
- Fat
- 14.3g (2.1g saturated)
- Protein
- 28.8g
- Carbohydrates
- 18.4g (5.7g sugars)
- Salt
- 1.2g
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I love this recipe because it is perfect to share with friends on a summers day. It brings a light, fresh Mediterranean touch to a British summer.