Salad Méchouia

Far from the ordinary tuna salad, méchouia lifts that canned fish out of banality. A rich combination of tuna, peppers, and oil, to be served with Syrian bread as a first course to a Middle Eastern meal, this recipe comes from Morocco and is excellent with a couscous dinner.

Syrian bread is a flat, circular loaf that can be split into two layers. A filling may be put inside. Syrian bread (sometimes called pita) is available in some supermarkets or in specialty s