Salt-Cured Tuna and Pickled Onions

Mojama con Cebollas Encurtidas

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Preparation info
  • Serves:

    4 to 6

    as a tapa or an appetizer
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      45 min

Appears in
Hemingway's Spanish Table: A Culinary Journey in 60+ Recipes

By Howie Southworth

Published 2026

  • About

Tuna fishing in Spain is a major industry and, unsurprisingly, Japan is Spain’s biggest customer. Of the fish that remain in Spain, fresh cuts are gaining in popularity, and canned tuna is evergreen. But salt-cured tuna hardly gets a mention. Mojama is the ham of the sea, and if it is on a restaurant menu, it’s used in much the same way as good jamón.