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by CommunityKitchen
MalteseEasy15 minServes 4
A simple Maltese lunch built on crusty ftira bread rubbed with ripe tomato and kunserva paste, drizzled with olive oil and piled with tuna, capers and olives, eaten across Malta as a quick sandwich or picnic staple.
Per
serving390kcal
22gprotein
34gcarbs
20gfat
Ingredients
- 1 round crusty Maltese ftira or similar country bread
- 2 ripe tomatoes
- 2 tbsp kunserva (Maltese tomato paste)
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 200g canned tuna, drained
- 2 tbsp capers
- 1/4 cup pitted olives
- 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
- Salt and pepper to taste
Before you cook
- Halve the tomatoes.
- Thinly slice the red onion.
- Drain the canned tuna.
- Split the bread horizontally.
Steps
- Rub the cut side of each tomato half firmly over the cut surfaces of the bread.
- Spread a thin layer of kunserva over both cut surfaces.
- Drizzle the olive oil generously over both halves.
- Flake the tuna evenly over the bottom half.
- Scatter the capers, olives and red onion over the tuna.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Close the sandwich with the top half of the bread.
- Press down gently, cut into wedges, and serve.
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