Tuna in olive oil
Tuna preserved in olive oil is an Italian pantry ingredient for antipasti, sauces and quick meals.
- Form
- Preserved tuna
- Oil
- Olive oil
- Sauce reference
- Tonnato
At the table
The Accademia Italiana della Cucina discusses tuna sauce in the Piedmontese vitello tonnato tradition, with variations in its other ingredients. Rio Mare also suggests tuna on focaccia with cherry tomatoes and stracciatella.
Use a recipe that specifies preserved tuna and decide how much oil to drain according to that preparation.
Cook with it
Check the oil and species
Read the product label for the oil and tuna species. One producer’s yellowfin specification does not describe every tuna preserve.
