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Vitello tonnato

A true sea and mountain, and one of the typical dishes of the Piedmont Italian region.

Vitello tonnato is like a kiss between a roastbeef and a delicious tuna and anchovy sauce. The meat must be cooked slowly on a well-seasoned stock with spices so it gets all the flavour.

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Cost

10

euros

Rations

6

people

Preparation

120

minutes

Cooking

minutes

Difficulty

dificultad-muy-baja

Low

Ingredients

1 kg of beef round
2 carrots
1 onion
2 L chicken stock
1 teaspoon of Carmencita celery
1 teaspoon of Carmencita ground laurel
Pink Salt & 3 Peppers giant grinder
1 can of tuna in oil
2 egg yolks
2 tablespoons of capers
2 anchovy fillets in oil
100 g of mayonnaise
50 g of extra virgin olive oil
Lemon juice
8 arugula leaves

Preparation

  1. Cook the beef round with the chicken stock, the carrots, the onions, the laurel and the celery at low heat on a pot for an hour and a half.
  2. Put out the meat from the pot and let it cool completely, once it’s cooled down laminate it as thin as possible.
  3. To make the sauce, crush the tuna, the anchovies, the 2 egg yolks, the capers, the mayonnaise, the olive oil and the lemon juice.
  4. Season the mixture and the meat with the pink salt and 3 peppers grinder.
  5. Plate the meat, and finish it with the sauce, some capers and some arugula leaves.

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