Tuna and green olive loaf

recipe for tuna cake with green olives la belle-iloise green olive tuna cake recipe
6 people
20 min preparation time
60 min cooking time

All ingredients

  • 2 tins of 139 g la belle-iloise natural albacore tuna

  • 3 eggs

  • 150 g wheat flour

  • 1 baking powder

  • 100 g crème fraîche

  • 100 g pitted green olives

  • 2 onions

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • 2 pinches ground pepper (or five-peppercorn mixture)

  • 3 pinches of Herbes de Provence

  • Optional: 30 g Parmesan, chopped parsley and a few pinches of 4-spice mixture (or allspice), curry or couscous spices

Albacore (Germon) tuna au naturel Albacore (Germon) tuna au naturel
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An authentic taste and an incomparable fondant, without oil!
€19.95
€19.95

Let's get started

Total time
1h20
Preparation
20 min
Cooking
60 min
  • Step 1
    Preheat the oven to 160 °C (gas mark 3)
  • Step 2
    Fry the thinly sliced onions in the olive oil
  • Step 3
    In a bowl, mix the eggs with the flour, baking powder, salt and pepper until there are no lumps
  • Step 4
    Add the cream, mix thoroughly
  • Step 5
    Add the flaked tuna, herbs, and the olives cut into slices
  • Step 6
    Butter and flour a loaf mould and pour in the mixture
  • Step 7
    Bake for 50 minutes to an hour. Check the cooking by inserting the tip of a knife into the centre: it should come out hot and dry
  • Step 8
    Leave to cool and keep covered in the refrigerator
  • Step 9
    Cut into 1 cm slices
Tips

You can replace the olives with strips of peeled red pepper (or preserved peppers).
Serve with a green salad for a summer dish

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