Recipe
Tuna caponata
- SERVES 6
- DIFFICULTY Easy
- DIETARY CONSIDERATIONS Dairy free Fat conscious Health conscious
- PREP TIME 15 minutes
- COOKING TIME 25 minutes
- WINE / SPIRIT PAIRING Woolworths Longmarket Chardonnay-Viognier 2013 (Spier)
What you'll need
| Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Woolworths fiorelli pasta | 500 g |
| extra virgin olive oil | ½ cup |
| large brinjals, cut into chunks | 2 |
| garlic cloves, crushed | 4 |
| Roma tomatoes, halved | 200 g |
| black olives, pitted | 200 g |
| capers | 50 g |
| red wine vinegar | ½ cup |
| Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste | |
| 170 g Woolworths light meat tuna in brine cans, drained | 2 |
Instructions
Method
Cook the pasta in boiling salted water until al dente. Heat 3 T olive oil in a pan over a medium heat and brown the brinjals evenly. Add the remaining olive oil, garlic, tomatoes, olives and capers. 2
Cook for 5 minutes, or until the tomatoes are soft and the garlic is cooked. Add the red wine vinegar. Cook for a further 2 minutes, then toss with the tuna and cooked pasta. Serve with an extra drizzle of olive oil.
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
