Bocconcini di Tonno - Tuna Bites
Created by MsPia on November 27, 2024
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 10m
- Recipe #43923
Ingredients
- 2 eggs, hard boiled
- 200 grams tuna, canned, drained and flaked
- 100 grams ricotta cheese
- 20 grams capers, rinsed
- 2 tablespoons basil, finely chopped
- 1 lemon, zest grated
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 25 grams butter, softened
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Rocket, to serve
How to Make
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Step 1: Shell and chop the eggs. Push the eggs, tuna and ricotta through a sieve into a bowl.
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Step 2: Stir in the capers, basil, lemon zest, lemon juice and butter and season to taste with salt and pepper. Shape the mixture into balls and chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
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Step 3: Just before serving, arrange a bed of rocket on a platter and place the tuna bites on top.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (268.7 g)
- Calories 400.8
- Total Fat - 25.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 10.6 g
- Cholesterol - 494.9 mg
- Sodium - 736 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 7.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.9 g
- Sugars - 2.1 g
- Protein - 36.2 g
- Calcium - 317.6 mg
- Iron - 3 mg
- Vitamin C - 32.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg