Name: Confit Tuna
Ingredients: 1 tsp fennel seeds; 1 tbsp salt; Zest of 2 lemons; 1 kg tuna loin (please buy the best, high-welfare tuna you can afford, this is special, so speak to that fishmonger you’re always going on about); 2 garlic cloves, whole; 1 small bunch of parsley; 2 tsps dried chilli flakes; 500 ml extra virgin olive oil; 2 tsps caster sugar

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Max’s Sandwich Book

By Max Halley and Ben Benton

Published 2018

About

No one would bat an eyelid, let alone pass blame, if you flipped on past this recipe and flicked us two fingers before heading to your local supermarket to buy tinned tuna in bulk. But, if you are even remotely intrigued by this recipe, please give it a go you will not regret it. This is one of the simplest ways to cook tuna, and it will give you an ingredient that is as stand-out in your sandwich as it is in a salad, or as part of a Billy-big-bollocks gourmet spread.