Mediterranean Tuna Stuffed Tomato

Submitted by Susie D

"This is far from the traditional tuna salad. This tastes like summer if you use garden fresh tomatoes. A great lunch idea and can be made ahead. I served this with crunchy bread sticks and fresh fruit. Created for RSC #6 Contest."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 18
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 (6 ounce) cans tuna in water, well drained
• 4 medium tomatoes
• 1⁄4 cup green pepper, finely chopped
• 1⁄4 cup red pepper, finely chopped
• 1⁄3 cup pistachios, coarsely chopped
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons capers, well drained
• 1⁄3 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• 1⁄8 cup purple onion, finely chopped
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons parsley flakes

• Dressing

• 1⁄8 cup olive oil
• 4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon basil
• 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons sugar (optional)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon rosemary
• 1 garlic clove
• 1⁄4 teaspoon oregano

directions

1. Place tuna, green & red peppers, capers, pistachios, parsley flakes, and purple onion in medium size bowl.
2. Make dressing by placing all ingredients into a blender or mini chopper; pulse until oil is emulsified.
3. Pour over tuna mixture.
4. Add parmesan and mix well.
5. Chill until ready to serve.
6. Cut tomatoes; place stem side down and cut into wedges without cutting all of the way through the tomato; gently spread wedges to form bowl for the tuna salad.
7. Fill each tomato with a tad more than ½ cup of the tuna.
8. Serve on a piece of leaf lettuce to add color to the plate.

Reviews

[JackieOhNo!]

This was fantastic and really hit the spot! I had some beautiful ripe garden tomatoes, which were perfect in this dish. I also added some minced kalamata olives, which is the only change I made. What a wonderful lunch I enjoyed! I wished I'd taken a photo, but I ate it too fast! Made for Culinary Quest 2016.

 

[evelynathens]

Made a 1/2 recipe of this and cut each tomato in half so we each got a half with Recipe #428353 for lunch. Really good, bright flavours here. I especially enjoyed the addition of pistachios here. Thanks.

 

[lazyme]

Yum! This was great. I've never had a tuna salad before that didn't have mayo so this was a refreshing contrast. After reading the previous reviews, I added a few more pistachios that I really enjoyed. Since I halved the recipe the ingredients were too few to reach the blade in my mini processor, lol, so I just manually crushed them a bit. Thanks Susie for a nice treat. Made by an Unruly Under the Influence for ZWT6.

 

[sassafrasnanc]

mmmm....I loved it especially since it has some of my favorite ingredients in it. I didn't have pistachios nuts though :(. Made for ZWT4.

 

[Derf2440]

Delish Susie!! DH loved them as did I. Served them with your recipe #98849, a lovely match! I just made half a recipe for the two of us and used walnuts as that is what I had. It was a lovely cool supper and i will be making them again, thanks for posting!