Tuna Salad
Post date
Sunday, December 27, 2009 - 20:10
Source of Recipe
The Boston Globe, May 6, 2009
Serves/Makes/Yields
Makes 2 cups
Recipe Description
Buck's tuna salad is made with dolphin-safe dry-pack albacore tuna, which goes into an electric mixer with mayo, onion, and celery. Because it's in a mixer instead of a food processor, you get flakes of fish and it never turns to mush. There's just enough mayo to hold it together, and the celery and red onion seem insignificant - until you taste. It has the right amount of crunch and onion bite. Like Buck's tuna salad at Whole Foods, this is made in a mixer. Make two cans at once, so the beaters can whir the salad properly. The tuna should not be pureed or pasty, but a little flaky.
Ingredients
2 cans (6 or 7 ounces each) albacore tuna in water
4 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion
1 stalk celery, finely chopped
Preparation
- Open the cans and working over the sink, use the tops of the cans to press all the water out of the tuna.
- In a stand mixer, beat the tuna to break it up.
- Add 3 tablespoons of the mayonnaise with the onion and celery.
- Beat again until the mixture comes together.
- Add the remaining 1 tablespoon mayonnaise, if you like.
Type of Meal