Italian salad with tuna and tomatoes

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 40 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make tuna and tomato salad? Prepare your ingredients. Choose natural tuna, without oil; such canned food is better suited for salads, which require an oil dressing. Tomatoes - ripe and fleshy, mozzarella - brined, in mini balls or one large ball.

2. STEP 2

   

   Wash the tomatoes, dry them, cut them in half and remove the watery pulp along with the seeds. Don't throw it away, but freeze it. The pulp is very suitable for making soups and sauces.

3. STEP 3

   

   Cut the prepared tomatoes without pulp into small cubes.

4. STEP 4

   

   Wash and dry the basil. Remove the leaves from the branches.

5. STEP 5

   

   Finely chop the basil leaves and place in a bowl.

6. STEP 6

   

   Pass the peeled garlic cloves through a press.

7. STEP 7

   

   Place garlic in a bowl with basil, add lemon juice and olive oil. Add a pinch of salt and stir. Leave the basil to marinate for 5-10 minutes.

8. STEP 8

   

   Cut the mozzarella into thin slices. I had mini balls, but it’s better to take the cheese alone in a large ball, so it will be easier and faster to cut it.

9. STEP 9

   

   Place the tuna in a sieve to drain excess liquid. The drier the fish, the better - the salad will “float” from a large amount of liquid. Then mash the tuna with a fork.

10. STEP 10

    

    Place a serving ring on the dish and lay out the salad in layers, carefully pressing down each layer with a spoon: ½ tomatoes - tuna - ½ basil - mozzarella - remaining basil - remaining tomatoes.

11. STEP 11

    

    Carefully remove the ring so as not to break the lettuce.

12. STEP 12

    

    Garnish the salad with basil and sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper. Serve immediately so that the tomatoes do not release their juice. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

larisa.beg

10.08.2023

4.9

So beautiful and appetizing, I wanted to cook it! Well done author! I know a similar salad with cucumbers.

Corason

10.08.2023

4.5

Italian salad with tuna and tomatoes is just a find! I have prepared different salads with tuna, but this is the first time. It is beautiful, appetizing, original, and very tasty! I chose chopped canned tuna, took parsley instead of basil, and replaced mozzarella with tofu cheese. I removed the pulp from the tomatoes as described in the recipe. I cut everything into cubes and made the dressing. Not having a cooking ring, I used a cut-off plastic bottle. I assembled the salad in layers. I also added a layer of boiled egg for satiety. A very simple and fairly quick salad to prepare. The amazing view delighted everyone. The taste of the salad is incredible, the perfect combination of all ingredients. Garlic adds a special taste. Insanely delicious! Wonderful recipe! Thanks to the author!

Tasha

10.08.2023

5

I prepared an Italian salad with tuna and tomatoes for my birthday. It really does look like Caprese. I really liked the gas station. The guests appreciated it, thank you!