Tin to Tasty in Minutes
Tins of Tuna in spring water are a store cupboard essential in busy households.With chopped spring onion, a few caraway seeds, twist of cayenne pepper, squeeze of lemon juice and a couple of good spoonfuls of Stokes Real Mayonnaise - it's the perfect topping for a winter Jacket Potato.
Tuna & Potato Stew
Whilst boiling some waxy potatoes, make a tomato soup base, adding 2 tins of tomatoes to 2 diced onions which have softened for a few minutes in oil. Bring this to the boil and simmer, adding 250ml of beef stock and 4 tbsp of Stokes Chipotle Ketchup (for smokiness and chilli warmth). Reduce it to a thick soup or stew before adding frozen peas and your tender, cooked potatoes. Season well, then after 5 minutes add chunks of tuna - lid on, heat off and serve after 5 minutes as the tuna warms through.
This works extremely well with cubed fresh tuna too.
[TIP: You can easily replace the smoky heat of Chipotle Ketchup by using our Chilli Ketchup. If chilli heat is not for you, use our thick Tomato Ketchup instead.]
Drain 2 x 185g tins of tuna, putting the meat in a bowl with 75g of breadcrumbs, an egg, 2 or 3 tsp of Stokes Cider & Horseradish Mustard, 1 tbsp of chopped parsley, 3 tbsp of Stokes Real Mayonnaise and 3 finely chopped spring onions.
Mix and mash the ingredients with a fork until everything is well combined into a rough paste. You should be able to form 4 decent sized patties, which you wrap in cling film and chill for 30 minutes before frying gently for 3 minutes each side.
A tasty garnish is a mixture of our Real Mayonnaise with a little Classic English Mustard and chopped capers.
Whilst your potatoes are boiling for the buttery mashed potato topping, soften 1 medium sized diced onion in butter, oil or both for 4 or 5 minutes.
Slice 6 or so fresh tomatoes, adding them to the onions with 2 grated cloves of garlic, 125ml of chicken stock and 1 tin of chopped tomatoes, 4 tbsp of Stokes Tomato Ketchup, 1 tbsp of our Brown Sauce and 2 tbsp of chopped parsley.
As this reduces, tip the drained contents of at least 2 (3 if you like a meatier base) 185g cans of tuna (in spring water), season and remove from the heat.
Spread the tuna mixture across the bottom of a baking dish (or individual pie dishes) and spoon the mashed potato on top, having stirred 1 tbsp of Stokes Cider & Horseradish Mustard through it first. Now pop the dish into a medium high oven for 20 minutes until the top of the potato starts to brown.
[TIP: Finishing this off under the grill crisps the top up beautifully.]
Tasty in no time at all is this tuna and tomato sauce with spaghetti. Softened onion, grated garlic, fresh basil, Italian mixed herbs, capers, olives, slices of celery with a tin of tomatoes and half a glass of red wine.
Stokes Tomato Ketchup is so thick with 200g of juicy Italian tomatoes in each 100g of ketchup that we use it as a concentrate. Add 4 or 5 tbsp of this or, as a tasty alternative, use our Bloody Mary Ketchup which adds a dash of vodka and delicious Bloody Mary spices - it certainly puts a smile on my face.
For deeper flavour still, stir a chicken stock bouillon into the mixture and a splash of water. Now, when seasoned, reduced slightly and tasting just right, drain and stir in the contents of a tin (or 2) of tuna. Warm this through and serve it with your pasta of choice.
Just Add Taste
Order your 'Tastes for Tuna' - HERE
More foodie thoughts for the week:
Curry Club -
Saturday night is Curry Night. Whether it's 'Ping' curries made better or a Rogan Josh from scratch - here.
Chilli Sensations -
Chillis are used across the globe to add that something extra, turning 'ok' to 'wow' in an instant - here.
Creative Sharing -
There's lots to see in the social sharing section of this week's Newsletter - here.
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FOOD MADE BETTER
www.stokessauces.co.uk
...adding Stokes will make you smile ;)
FOOD MADE BETTER
www.stokessauces.co.uk
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