Tuna sauce (cold)
This cold tuna sauce is a classic Italian sauce to accompany cooked meats (vitello tonnato), but it is equally nice with vegetables and vegetable purees or jellies.
Ingredients
- 200 g tinned tuna in oil, drained, flaked
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 4 anchovy fillets, rinsed and drained, chopped
- 2 tbsp capers, rinsed and drained, chopped
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 hard-boiled egg yolk, chopped
- ca. 150 ml cream
- salt and white pepper
Method
- Puree tuna with olive oil, anchovies, capers, lemon juice and yolk. Adjust thickness with cream and pass through a sieve, season to taste.