Recipe
Orecchiette salad with tuna and heirloom tomatoes
- SERVES 4
- DIFFICULTY Easy
- DIETARY CONSIDERATIONS Dairy free Health conscious
- PREP TIME 5 minutes
- COOKING TIME 10 minutes
- WINE / SPIRIT PAIRING Woolworths Nitida Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2018
What you'll need
| Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| orecchiette pasta | 250 g |
| 170 g cans light meat tuna chunks in brine, drained | 2 |
| limes, zested and juiced | 2 |
| extra virgin olive oil | ¼ cup |
| Woolworths exotic tomatoes, roughly chopped | 3 |
| dill | 5 g |
| caperberries | 12 |
| sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste |
Instructions
Method
1. Cook the pasta in boiling salted water until al dente. Drain, reserving 2 T cooking water.
2. Combine the remaining ingredients and toss through the cooked pasta. Season to taste.
Related Species
Skipjack Tuna
Skipjack are generally smaller in size compared to other tuna species and also have shorter lifecycles, meaning they can start reproducing very early, after only one year. This has benefits for sustainability, and makes it one of the most abundant tuna species.
Find out more about Skipjack Tuna
