Quick Vitello Tonnato Recipe

Every festive season I love having easy and simple appetizers such as this vitello tonnato recipe which can be prepared in advance. It's delicious and can be used with thinly sliced veal, roast turkey or something similar.

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Italian

Keyword tuna, veal

Diet Gluten free, Low carb

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 5

Total Time 10

Servings people

Calories 321

Author Simone

Ingredients

400 g thinly sliced cooked veal or use thinly sliced roast turkey or chicken

Tuna sauce

200 g tuna in olive oil
4 tbsp mayonnaise
1 tbsp capers
1/2 lemon juice
1 tbsp Tabasco
1/2 tsp smoked paprika
Salt and pepper to taste

To serve

3 tbsp garden cress
2 tbsp capers

Metric - Us customary

Instructions

Start by making the tuna sauce. Place all the ingredients in the bowl of a stick blender (or use a food processor) and blend until smooth. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Take a nice large plate or divide it immediately over four plates. Place the slices of veal on each plate and cover generously with the tuna sauce.
Sprinkle with capers and any fresh herbs you like, such as garden cress.

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