Red Tuna with Tomato Sauce. This is a classic recipe from Messina cuisine.
The skill our grandmothers had in preparing the classic Sunday sauce, enriched with this fish, which for them, wives of fishermen, was a way to save money and at the same time feed their family well. The properties of red tuna, as we know, are numerous, as it can replace meat proteins, greatly benefiting our cardiovascular system.
Fresh tuna is considered by most to be a lean fish; actually, the only fatty portion is the belly, while the back and tail are much leaner.
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Difficulty: Very Easy
Cost: Medium
Preparation time: 20 Minutes
Portions: 5
Cooking methods: Slow Fire, Stove
Cuisine: Regional Italian
Region: Sicily
Seasonality: All Seasons

Ingredients

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2.2 lbs tuna (red)
2 leaves bay leaves
1 clove garlic (halved)
1 onion (red Tropea)
2.2 lbs tomato pulp
1/2 glass white wine
to taste salt
to taste olive oil
pepper

Tools

What we need to make the

Pan non-stick high
Cutting Board
Knife
Wooden Spoon

Preparation

Let’s go cook the

Red Tuna with Tomato Sauce. Remove the skin and bone from each slice.
Then divide the slices, set aside the nicest steaks, while chop the trimmings with a knife to make the sauce.
In a non-stick pan, add a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and lightly fry the slices, 30 seconds per side.
This will be the first phase of the tuna cooking. As soon as the slices are cooked, set them aside to drain. Do not discard the remaining oil from the pan
At this point, in the same pan, if you notice, there will be more oil than you initially added.
Perfect, the extra oil is what the tuna released during cooking.
So, as we were saying, add the halved garlic, chopped onion, bay leaves, and all the chopped fish, and let it brown until it turns white
When the chopped tuna turns white, deglaze with white wine, turn up the heat and let all the alcohol evaporate.
Add the tomato pulp, salt, and pepper.
Cook for 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, add the previously browned steaks. Cover with a splash guard, lower the heat, and let cook for another 10 minutes.
The dish is ready. Serve it all together on a large serving plate with plenty of basil. But that’s not all.
With the rest of the sauce, you can make excellent spaghetti. And what can I say… Enjoy with the Red Tuna with Tomato Sauce, and the spaghetti.