Mediterranean Tuna Salad on Grilled Tomato Herb Bread

Name: Mediterranean Tuna Salad on Grilled Tomato Herb Bread
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 cup fresh tomato, finely chopped; 1/2 cup olive oil; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 2 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard; 3 large garlic cloves, or to taste, finely chopped; 1/4 teaspoon dried basil leaves; 2 (6 ounce) cans solid white tuna packed in water; 1/2 cup celery, finely chopped; 1/2 cup fresh basil, finely chopped or to taste; 1/2 lb fresh green beans, steamed; 1 red bell pepper, medium, seeded, sliced thinly; 8 cherry tomatoes; 1/2 tablespoon fresh oregano, finely chopped; 2 1/2 tablespoons white vinegar or 2 1/2 tablespoons red wine vinegar; 1 tablespoon green onion, finely chopped; salt, to taste; pepper, to taste; 4 slices bread, tomato herb or your choice; 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, freshly grated (optional)

Submitted by lauralie41

"A very tasty dish, the flavor of the tuna salad with the marinated green beans is one you just cant miss. Chilling in the refrigerator overnight is best but could be ready to serve in one to two hours."

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photo by Stephanie Y.

Ready In:: 2hrs 45mins
Ingredients:: 19
Serves:: 4

ingredients

1 cup fresh tomato, finely chopped
¹⁄₂ cup olive oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons Dijon mustard
3 large garlic cloves, or to taste, finely chopped
¹⁄₄ teaspoon dried basil leaves
2 (6 ounce) cans solid white tuna packed in water
¹⁄₂ cup celery, finely chopped
¹⁄₂ cup fresh basil, finely chopped or to taste
¹⁄₂ lb fresh green beans, steamed
1 red bell pepper, medium, seeded, sliced thinly
8 cherry tomatoes
¹⁄₂ tablespoon fresh oregano, finely chopped
2 ¹⁄₂ tablespoons white vinegar or 2 1/2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon green onion, finely chopped
salt, to taste
pepper, to taste
4 slices bread, tomato herb or your choice
¹⁄₂ cup parmesan cheese, freshly grated (optional)

directions

In medium mixing bowl combine diced tomato, 1 tablespoon oil, lemon juice, mustard, 2 large cloves of garlic finely chopped, and dried basil. Mix well and let stand for five minutes. Add tuna, celery, and fresh basil to tomato mixture and combine well. Cover and refrigerate for one to two hours or overnight. Stir before serving.
In another medium bowl, add remaining fresh basil, fresh oregano, and vinegar. Mix well and let stand for 10 minutes. Add onion and remaining garlic. Set aside.
Rinse fresh green beans well and snap ends off. Drop beans into medium pot of boiling water just until they begin to get tender. Drain green beans. Add drained beans, red pepper strips and cherry tomatoes to herb vinegar mixture. Mix well and refrigerate for one hour.
When ready to serve, drizzle olive oil on bread slices, grill lightly, and than arrange of large platter. Stir tuna salad and mound on top of grilled bread slices. Add remaining olive oil, salt and pepper to green bean mixture. Combine well and spoon green bean mixture around grilled bread slices with tuna. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese if desired.

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Reviews

Yes this did sound like a good recipe. I made it with fresh tuna as a pizza on the grill. I made a herb tomato pizza crust with cherry tomatoes that had been oven dried with garlic and herbs plus a sprinkling of Penzey's Tuscan Sunset seasoning. I made the tomato salsa but did not add the tuna and I did the herbed green beans and red pepper strips. I grilled the pizza crust and when it was almost done grilled the tuna medium rare. I lifted the green beans and peppers from the dressing and piled on the crust then covered with the sliced tuna and then the tomato salsa on top. Served it with a Rose' quite tasty.

eabare
this is one of those salads that should be sold in a fancy deli, I did some amount adjustments, this only gets better the more time it is chilled, simply delicious and one I will make again very soon, thanks for sharing Lori, this was made for the Think Pink event!

Kittencalrecipezazz
This is a truly gorgeous salad, both in appearance and in flavor. I did get a bit confused over the instructions regarding the fresh basil; in step 1 it seems to indicate that all of it is used in the tuna portion, but then in step 2 we're told to use "remaining fresh basil" in the herb vinegar; no problem, I used 1/4 cup with the tuna and 1/2 cup with the herb vinegar and it was wonderful. Don't overcook your beans (I cooked mine about 5 minutes) because you do want them crisp-tender. Served this on grilled ciabatta (sliced in half). I will be doing this again: thanks for posting!

FlemishMinx
Very tasty for a hot fall day. Made my own fresh tomato herb bread and was a beautiful plate of food.

adopt a greyhound
I made this with one smallish tomato and a individual-sized pkg of tuna and sized everything else accordingly for one. Also without the bread. Very tasty. Made for CQ 14.

sheepdoc