Caper Sauce for Veal

Name: Caper Sauce for Veal (Salsa di Capperi per Vitello Tonnato)
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 100 g (3½ oz) salted capers, prepared; 100 g (3½ oz) small pickled gherkins, coarsely chopped; 300 g (10½ oz) good tuna in olive oil, drained; 300 g (10½ oz) mayonnaise, freshly made; salt and pepper to taste; salt and pepper to taste

Salsa di Capperi per Vitello Tonnato

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Antonio Carluccio Goes Wild

By Antonio Carluccio

Published 2001

About

This sauce is traditionally eaten with very thinly sliced cooked veal. Its vital ingredient is capers, which are combined with cornichons (tiny gherkins), tuna and mayonnaise. The sauce is also very tasty spread on crostini.

Ingredients

100 g (3½ oz) salted capers, prepared
100 g (

Europe
Italy
Sauce
Gluten-free
Pescatarian

Method

Put the capers and gherkins into a blender and then blend to a pulp. Add the tuna and blend again. Next mix in the mayonnaise, and season to taste. The sauce is ready!