Thon à l'huile d'olive 2x65g

Bonito del norte is the Spanish name for white albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga), caught off the Cantabrian coast during the summer season. Conservas Zallo cans it in Bermeo, a fishing port in Biscay, with olive oil and salt: tuna makes up 80% of the tin. Albacore has paler, finer flesh than the yellowfin sold as light tuna, and it breaks into flakes. This pack holds two 65 g tins, each enough for one or two people, so there is no need to open a large tin for one plate.

Drain it lightly, or keep a little of the oil to dress the dish. It belongs in a salade niçoise, a potato salad with hard-boiled eggs, a piperade, or on pintxos on toasted bread with a pepper and an anchovy. Mashed with a little mayonnaise, it fills tomatoes or devilled eggs. Mixed with cold pasta, cherry tomatoes and basil, it makes a packed lunch, and the small tin leaves no leftovers.

Keep the tins closed in a cupboard. Once opened, move any leftover to a closed container in the fridge and eat it soon. You will also find them on the shelves of our shop, 58 rue Tiquetonne, Paris.