
How To Make Italian Tuna Salad Sandwiches with Black-Olive Dressing
Tangy tuna, hard boiled eggs, and crispy snow peas tossed in a rich black olive dressing makes these tuna salad sandwiches richly filling lunch meals!
Serves:
Ingredients
- ¾cupflat leaf parsley,chopped
- ¾cupblack olives
- ½cupextra virgin olive oil
- 4anchovy fillets
- 3garlic cloves
- 1½tbspfresh lemon juice
- 1tbspthyme,chopped
- salt and freshly ground pepper
- 6ozsnow peas
- 2olive oil packed tuna,(6 oz), jars or cans, imported
- 4crusty rolls,or four 6-inch lengths of baguette
- 1small red onion
- 2medium tomatoes
- 4eggs,hard cooked
Instructions
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In a medium bowl, mix the parsley, black olives, olive oil, anchovies, garlic, lemon juice and thyme. Season the dressing with salt and pepper.
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In a small pot of boiling salted water, blanch the snow peas for 1 minute, or until they are bright green and just tender. Drain the snow peas and refresh them under cold water, then pat dry.
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Slice the snow peas lengthwise into ¼-inch strips and toss them with 1 tablespoon of the olive dressing.
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In a medium bowl, lightly break up the drained tuna with a fork. Add 6 tablespoons of the olive dressing and toss gently.
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Spread the cut sides of the rolls or baguette pieces with the remaining olive dressing.
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On the bottom halves of the rolls or baguette pieces, arrange the snow peas, followed by the red onion slices, the tomatoes, tuna and sliced eggs.
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Close the tuna sandwiches and serve. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 721.93kcal
- Fat:Â 44.03g
- Saturated Fat:Â 7.25g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.02g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 26.65g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 7.57g
- Carbohydrates:Â 41.90g
- Fiber:Â 5.07g
- Sugar:Â 5.50g
- Protein:Â 39.89g
- Cholesterol:Â 178.75mg
- Sodium:Â 1071.80mg
- Calcium:Â 176.99mg
- Potassium:Â 674.45mg
- Iron:Â 7.02mg
- Vitamin A: 191.88µg
- Vitamin C:Â 54.30mg
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