Alternative dinner or delicious sandwich? No matter what the choice falls on, the important thing is to prepare a meal dedicated to wellness, but without sacrificing taste! This is why I decided to offer you a delicious scented tuna burger with mint, lemon and basil, very fresh and light, quick and easy! Let's work!
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Identity Card of the Recipe
- 232 KCal Calories per serving
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Ingrediants
For 4 burgers
- Q.b. of pepper
- Q.b. of salt
- 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
- 1 sprig of thyme
- A few basil leaves
- A few mint leaves
- Untreated lemon juice and zest
- 400 g of fresh tuna
For the guacamole sauce
- Q.b. (3-4 tablespoons) of extra virgin olive oil
- Untreated lemon juice
- Q.b. of pepper
- Q.b. of salt
- Half a clove of garlic
- 200 g of avocado
Materials Needed
- Coppapasta with a diameter of 10 cm
- Chopping board
- Knife
- Blender or mortar
- Row lemons
- Baking paper
Preparation
- Cut the fresh tuna into very small cubes.
- Combine the chopped tuna in a bowl, season with salt and pepper. Flavor with lemon zest, a drop of its juice and chopped herbs to taste (eg mint, basil, thyme). Mix everything by adding a couple of tablespoons of oil.
- Place a round steel mold from the side of 8-10 cm on a sheet of baking paper.
- Gather a spoonful of tuna mixture in the pastry ring and gently mash until a regular layer of about 1 cm is obtained.
- Proceed in this way until the dough is finished: you will get 2-3 tuna burgers.
- In the meantime, devote yourself to preparing the accompanying sauce.
- Peel a ripe avocado, cut the pulp into cubes and combine it in the blender. Season with salt and pepper, flavor with the garlic and lemon juice, then blend adding as much oil as you need until you get a cream (3-4 tablespoons).
Did you know that
The avocado sauce proposed here is guacamole sauce. To avoid oxidizing the active ingredients, it is advisable to crush the avocado pulp in a mortar; alternatively, use the blender with frozen blades, taking care to blend intermittently.- Heat a pan and, with the help of the baking paper underneath, lift the tuna burger and place it on the plate: heat for a minute, remove the parchment paper and turn the burger with the help of a spatula. Cook for another minute. , then immediately remove from the pan to prevent the inside from becoming excessively dry and woody. In fact, tuna meat requires very quick cooking.
- Serve the steaming tuna burger with the guacamole sauce.
Alice's comment - PersonalCooker
The tuna burger is an interesting alternative to the classic meat burger! I recommend, do not overcook it otherwise the meat becomes hard and woody. I proposed it to you with avocado sauce, but it is also delicious with simple mustard or rocket pesto!Nutritional values and Health Comment on the recipe
The Fresh Tuna Hamburger with Avocado Sauce is a very energetic dish, with a caloric prevalence attributable to lipids, followed by proteins and finally by traces of carbohydrates.
Fatty acids are mainly unsaturated (monounsaturated) and proteins of high biological value. Cholesterol is quite low and fiber is present in medium quantities.
The Fresh Tuna Hamburger with Avocado Sauce is not a suitable food for the diet of the overweight subject, the vegan and the vegetarian; on the contrary, it lends itself to the diet for other metabolic pathologies, for celiac disease and for lactose intolerance.
The average portion of Fresh Tuna Hamburger with Avocado Sauce is about 100-150g (230-345kcal).
