Meat Lite: Tuna-Chickpea Spread

Name: Meat Lite: Tuna-Chickpea Spread
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 425 grams chickpeas, drained and well rinsed; 170 grams tuna packed in olive oil, preferably imported from Spain or Italy; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 10 oil-cured black olives, pitted and chopped; 118 milliliters chopped parsley leaves; 4 servings Salt and pepper to taste; 1 Tbsp sherry vinegar; 59 milliliters sun-dried tomatoes, chopped

Meat Lite: Tuna-Chickpea Spread might be just the condiment you are searching for. This recipe makes 4 servings with 216 calories, 19g of protein, and 7g of fat each. This recipe covers 21% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 1 person found this recipe to be flavorful and satisfying. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian diet. A mixture of sherry vinegar, oil-cured olives, sun-dried tomatoes, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Combine the garlic, chickpeas, tuna with its oil, sun-dried tomatoes, olives, and vinegar in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse 5 to 10 times, scraping the bowl down every few times, until you have a very coarse and chunky paste. (If you pulse it too much, it gets unappealingly mushy and pasty. Not what you want.)

Ingredients you will need

Sun Dried Tomatoes

Chickpeas

Vinegar

Garlic

Olives

Tuna

Cooking Oil

Equipment you will use

Food Processor

Bowl

Transfer the spread to a mixing bowl, stir in the parsley and give it a taste. Season with salt and pepper, stirring in just enough olive oil to bring it together.

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Salt And Pepper

Olive Oil

Parsley

Spread

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Mixing Bowl

Serve the spread with flatbread, scoop it onto a sandwich, or stuff it into whole jarred piquillo peppers for an impressive but easy appetizer.

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Piquillo Pepper

Flatbread

Spread

Equipment

Food Processor

Bowl

Mixing Bowl

Ingredients

Servings:

425grams

chickpeas, drained and well rinsed 170grams

tuna packed in olive oil, preferably imported from Spain or Italy 2

garlic cloves, minced 10

oil-cured black olives, pitted and chopped 118milliliters

chopped parsley leaves 4servings

Salt and pepper to taste 1Tbsp

sherry vinegar 59milliliters

sun-dried tomatoes, chopped

Recommended wine: Merlot, Pinot Noir, Rose Wine

Tuna can be paired with Merlot, Pinot Noir, and rosé Wine. Though fish is often paired with white wine, 'meatier' fish like tuna can absolutely go with red wine. A Rosé will also pair nicely, particularly if your tunan is prepared with ingredients better suited to a white wine. One wine you could try is Peju Province Merlot. It has 4.5 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 38 dollars.