Recipe inspired by Hank Shaw @ Hunter Angler Gardener Cook, Seared Tuna + Kohlrabi Slaw and Ginger-Lime Aioli, Grilled Flap Steak with Shallot-Garlic-Rosemary Marinade, Thanksgiving Leftovers: Turkey Eggs Benedict. You can make these meatballs with swordfish instead! Once all the meatballs are ready, take a frying pan and pour in enough olive oil to cover the bottom and start to heat the oil. Whether that story is true or not, Italians certainly have a talent for turning leftovers into delicious meals. You can read more about pasta from Gragnano and pastificio dei campi on my post about my visit. While the water is boiling and the pasta is cooking make the sauce. Tuna meatballs sound amazing! You could make them bite size for a perfect appetizer at your next party. Add 1/2 cup of breadcrumbs and mix. I actually passed along your link to my mother and grandmother who was born in Italy. Heat 1/2" canola oil in a frying pan until it is 350 degrees. a little grated organic lemon zest. Because Atlantic bluefin tuna migrate past Sicily to reach their spawning grounds in the Eastern Mediterranean (Levantine sea) and the South Tyrrhenian sea, fresh tuna has been fished and eaten in Sicily for hundreds, if not thousands of years. Chickpea Meatballs. However, these tuna meatballs can also be made with canned tuna if you can’t find fresh! My mind would be racing too! Watermelon Salad with Tomato and Bacon With Video! Working in three batches, place the tuna, pine nuts, parsley and onions in a food processor and pulse about 8 to 10 times to combine, but not puree. This recipe is a winner! Vesuvio pasta from Campania; shaped like a volcano! Sagne Pasta from Abruzzo, Molise and Lazio. I fried the fresh tuna meatballs in olive oil until they were slightly browned and then cooked them for a few minutes in the tomato sauce. Alla Mediterranea (Mediterranean sauce and celebrations! Filed Under: Seafood & Lake Fish Pasta, Sicily Tagged With: fresh tuna, Sicily, tomato sauce, tuna, tuna pasta. Cut the strips into small pieces and then either mince in a food processor or chop with a knife like chopping parsley. Allrecipes has more than 30 Italian meatball recipes made with beef and pork, veal, even turkey and chicken. In fact, there is a Neolithic cave painting of tuna on the Egadi Island of Levanzo. As a final note on this recipe, you can make these meatballs with swordfish instead or a mixture of swordfish and tuna. I will let you know how it all pans out. Take a tablespoonful of tuna and work it with your hands into a round ball. Such a light and fresh summer meal. Oh my goodness, sign me up! Add salt once it starts to boil and bring tothe boil again. Sicilian Tuna Meatballs with tomato sauce and pasta. Sicilian all-in-one pasta. Can’t wait to try this one!! The latter is a popular shape with Neapolitan pasta makers. ... 160 g tin tuna in spring water, drained. Tuna meatballs are so so good Deborah! Having said this, I do have my garden tomatoes coming on the table soon so this is definitely a dish to enjoy. hehe. And reading through the rest of the post and recipe I knew I had to make this asap! Never made tuna meatballs before, only shrimp and fish balls. Place ground sirloin, Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, crushed crackers, egg, garlic, parsley, allspice, oregano, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper in a large bowl; mix by hand until combined. this Sicilian pasta dish looks incredibly fresh and the flavours in there OMG! You should get about 20 to 25 meatballs, depending on the size of your scoop. We really enjoy our seafood and what a great way to extend that tuna. Having said that, I found a number of recipes for Sicilian fresh tuna meatballs with pasta on Italian food blogger and recipe sites. I hope you will try them! But, I like them best with pasta! When someone hands me a big bag of super fresh Tuna that was in the ocean just hours before, my mind starts racing with new ways to prepare it. Repeat until you have used up all the meatball mixture. | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Policy. Make the sauce and keep it warm. * sicilian #2 Cracked Sicilian Olives, Imported Hot or Sweet Capacola, Genoa Salami, Sweet Sopressata, Imported Prosciutto and Sharp Provolone Mini: $6.50 Half: $8.75 Whole: $18.00 For the meatballs: In a mixing bowl, add the tuna, egg, bread crumbs, raisins, pine nuts, Parmigiano cheese, and 1/2 cup wine. My grandma during the 1960s made this all the time, what a flood of memories this brought, She was from Rome Italy. Peel and finely chop the onion. Wash and chop the mint leaves. These Tuna Meatballs are nice and crispy on the outside and delicate on the inside. 🙂. Once you have cut all the tuna into small pieces, place it in a bowl and knead it a little with the back of a spoon so as to crush it a little more. Add butter and salt, mix. GET THE RECIPE. Add your meatballs to the … a handful of capers. Required fields are marked *. of … This sound great – but – fresh tuna for 8 servings costs $30. Sicilian Salad With Video! Use an ice cream scoop to portion the meatballs. Drain and... (continued) My family loves tuna, so I can’t wait to try these delicious meatballs for dinner this week! Thanks for sharing! I mean, flavoring it with lemon zest and mint must be something incredible. Caccavelle Giant Pasta Shells from Gragnano, Naples. Can’t wait to try it! Sicilian Meatballs in Sweet and Sour Sauce. Cut the tuna first into slices (if it's one piece) and then into strips. Put a pot of water on to boil for the pasta. Traditionally Sicilians eat these delicious fresh tuna meatballs as an antipasto without the sauce or as a main course with just bread or potatoes (I like them with mashed potatoes!). I must make this asap although I know matching these ingredients and the flavours would be challenging – these tomatoes from Italy taste a million times better than the ones here. Fusilli Bucati Corti (short hollow fusilli), Garganelli pasta from Romagna (Emilia-Romagna), Gomiti Elbow Pasta, a pasta with many names, Italian Gnocchi; Potato gnocchi and family, Canederli: Italian Bread Dumplings from South Tirol, Lombrichelli, hand rolled pasta from Lazio, Maccheroncini di Campofilone from Le Marche. Lulu's Meatballs. Bucatini with Sicilian Meatballs. 😀. Can’t wait to try this new twist on meatballs! They are great…, Smoked Pork Shoulder Smoked Brisket Simple Smoked Salmon BBQ Chicken Smoked Tri-Tip BBQ Smoked Pork Ribs, BBQ & Grilling Recipes Sous Vide Recipes Cocktail Recipes Air Fryer Recipes, Smoked Turkey Turkey Roulade Thanksgiving Leftovers Eggs Benedict, Sign up and receive all the latest recipes straight to your inbox. Please leave a comment here on the blog or on The Pasta Project Facebook page. Put a tbsp. I love the write up for this recipe, thanks for sharing ! If the soup waits, the pasta may absorb much of the liquid; just add water or more stock. While the water is boiling and the pasta is cooking make the sauce. Cjarsons ravioli from Friuli Venezia Giulia. If you make this pasta recipe, I’d love to hear how it turns out and if you liked it. I love the dishes made from scratch. One I posted recently is North Eastern Italian canederli dumplings made with stale bread. This dish looks fresh and delicious. To cook, bring a large pot of salty water to a boil and gently lower the fish balls one at a time into the water. I have to admit I would never have throught to use fresh tuna for meatballs but I have to say this works so well! Apparently, the employees were allowed to take home the tuna scraps, which the wives used to make tuna meatballs! But, I have seen recipes with long pasta such as spaghetti too. Directions. of olive oil in a skillet or frying pan, add the two peeled cloves of garlic. Perfect main course for seafood and fish lovers. Buon giorno and welcome to my pasta project! (medium size or half a large one) peeled and finely chopped. Can’t wait to experiment with this recipe! Related. A slight excess of Tuna is never a bad problem to have and I wanted to try something different and had just seen a recipe from Hank Shaw for Tuna Meatballs that looked so delicious and would serve as my inspiration. Put the pan you fried the tuna in back on the heat with a little olive oil. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl and add the eggs, breadcrumbs, salt + pepper and lemon zest. The Italians turn the most simple ingredients into these incredibly tasty dishes! For this Sicilian fresh tuna meatballs recipe I used a wonderful pasta tube called genovesone. It is a typical dish of this island, where in the summer is the fresh tuna really easily. Some Italians use grated pecorino instead of the breadcrumbs but I’m not really a fan of tuna with cheese. Love the idea of making meatballs with tuna. Looks and sounds delicious! Cook it and you can easily ruin it. What a brilliant way to use tuna! Grate the lemon zest. 250 grams of tuna. I appreciate fresh tuna -- raw sushi is definitely the highest honor for this delicious fish. I am putting this on my must make list! I used genovesone from pastificio dei campi. Your email address will not be published. I can only imagine how much flavor this pasta has. Honestly, you had me at your first sentence – mint, pine nuts and lemon zest. Salt Pepper Skillet is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. Flavored with Parmesan and garlic and studded with raisins, scrumptious Sicilian meatballs turn vegetable soup into a tempting meal. I’ve never had fish in meatballs before (not to my knowledge). Sicilian Fresh Tuna Meatballs with Pasta. The tomato sauce is a simple classic Italian tomato sauce made with fresh peeled tomatoes, passata (ready liquidized tomatoes) or polpa (ready chopped fresh tomatoes). I never considered making meatballs out of tuna. Sicilian Salad with Shrimp and Calamari With Video! Wow how lucky are you!? Put a tbsp. In this way, the surface of the meatballs will seal and your meatballs will remain soft while cooking in the sauce. Renee's Gravy and Meatballs. Step 3 Arrange meatballs over sauce in the baking dish. Filed Under: Appetizers and Snacks, Fish & Seafood, Italian, Pasta & Rice Tagged With: meatballs, pasta & recipes, Salt Pepper Skillet, saltpepperskillet.com, tomato sauce, tuna. Apart from the fresh tuna this recipe has just a few other ingredients. I’m pinning the recipe. Meatballs are a great way to add tons of flavor to pasta and sauce. A great dish then and now BRAVO! What a gorgeous recipe! There is nothing better than meatballs + pasta, so yes, I agree with you. Add the meatballs in 2 batches … a small egg. Tuna with Puttanesca Sauce With Video! Turn them so they brown on all sides. Tuna Meatballs – Amazing! Home » Italy's Regions » Sicily » Sicilian Fresh Tuna Meatballs with Pasta. breadcrumbs or corn flour for breading. Tuna Meatballs with Caponata . Baked Anelletti (Timballo); Recipe from Sicily. These traditional Sicilian fresh tuna meatballs are easy to make and delicious with pasta, potatoes or just bread! Working in three batches; place the tuna, pine nuts, parsley and onions in a food processor and pulse about 8 to 10 times to combine, but not puree. Farro Meatballs. Mix again.Best using your hands. Nowadays, Sicilian fresh tuna meatballs aren’t made with scraps or leftovers. Sicilian Watermelon Pudding With Video! I loved that you made the meatballs and the dish looks delicious. These tuna meatballs can be made with swordfish instead or a mix of tuna and swordfish. Mix everything and then add the egg and  breadcrumbs (or grated pecorino). 12 Sicilian pasta recipes for your table. Wow looks delicious and beautiful photography!! It is usually served with the “busiate” that is a type of pasta originating in the province of Trapani. (fresh peeled tomatoes make take longer to break down. Sign Up For the SaltPepperSkillet Newsletter. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. My mother used to make spaghetti and meatballs almost every Sunday as we were growing up. Wow! This aspect of Italian cuisine was born out of necessity and poverty. The only other additions to the sauce are garlic and basil. They sound amazing Justin! This looks like the perfect authentic meal! Place on a paper towel lined sheet pan to drain off any excess oil. The basic poke is only…, Tuna gets no better than this. They are fabulous served with potatoes or as an antipasto or snack without the tomato sauce. I just love coming on your wonderful blog to see what you have created next. When the meatballs are all browned transfer them to drain on some kitchen paper. Tequila Sauce With Video! I’ve made many polpette in my lifetime but never out of tuna. This sounds so delicious! Heat the tomato sauce in a separate pan and stew the meatballs for about 5 minutes to warm through. In a greased baking tray arrange the tuna meatballs and cook in the oven for about 20 minutes or until ready. Making meatballs out of fresh tuna is absolutely brilliant! Just let me know whenever you are in San Diego. (This isn't necessary if you used a food processor) Add a little salt to the tuna,  plus the chopped onion, chopped pine nuts, mint and the lemon zest. Put the flour on a plate, roll the tuna meatballs in the flour and then fry them in the pan with the oil. Brown the meatballs for about 2 minutes per side; remove and set aside. Of course you can use other types of pasta for this recipe. In a large, nonstick skillet, heat the vegetable oil until shimmering. At this point, add the tuna meatballs and cook them in the sauce for another 10 minutes, turning them halfway through cooking. Ooooo I’ve never thought of making tuna meatballs before, but after reading this I’m definitely going to have to try! Fusilli Pasta; long, short, homemade and hollow. A must try pasta dish for all sea food fans! Enjoy them with pasta or on a sandwich. My name is Jacqui. This recipe looks healthy and full of flavor! I’ve never had a tuna meatball but they look and sound amazing. To make the meatballs, simply mix all the ingredients in a bowl and form into small meatballs, about the size of a walnut. I love these tuna meatballs as a way to make them not using beef. a few leaves of Basil. Oh my! With that being said I definitely enjoy tuna and would love to try making this recipe for my grandmother. Directions. I have never seen the pasta genovesone, but I will be on the lookout. Pasta tubes like paccheri, penne, short ziti or mezze maniche are great. Meat and Zucchini Meatballs. The size isn't so important but try to make them all more or less the same for even cooking. January 4, 2014 by Garlic Girl 22 Comments. I was persuaded, however, to try Hank Shaw’s “Sicilian Tuna Meatballs,” with his inclusion of pistachios, mint, and lemon zest.Lucky for me, Hank is a fisherman and knows what he’s doing. Spaghetti/Maccheroni alla Chitarra from Abruzzo. This made me happy because it meant I could add this recipe to the other fresh tuna pasta recipes here on The Pasta Project! This now has me so intrigued to try a tuna meatball! I’ve never made any meatballs out of tuna or swordfish before what what an amazing idea! 🙂. I would love to try this! Sicilian Tuna Meatballs submitted by Salt Pepper Skillet. They don't need to be cooked through just browned. Fusilli pasta with black olive pesto and tuna. Return it to the pan or put it in a warmed bowl. This is a new one for me. Form mixture into meatballs slightly larger than golf balls. Drain the pasta. Tuscan Meatballs. This recipe would produce absolutely zero leftovers in my house because both the fella and I would gobble everything up in one sitting. It is cut like penne but has a smooth surface and similar diameter to ziti. The Florio family’s tuna netting, processing and canning tuna business (the tonnara of Favignana) actually employed practically every resident on the island. The tuna meatballs are ground fresh tuna, finely chopped onion, breadcrumbs, egg, pine nuts, mint and  lemon zest. What a gorgeous recipe to serve for company. Gently mix with your hands to combine well. Mix it well with some of the tomato sauce. Tuna meatballs with tomato sauce and spaghetti with bottarga are very popular. I got this pasta from pasta makers pastificio dei campi when I visited their factory in Gragnano, Naples last month. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. They came out wonderfully and I was really surprised how similar the texture is to a traditional meatball. Dust the meatballs with the flour in a shallow dish, then place them back on the sheet pan. 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However,  despite the fact that we live in richer times, there are still many traditional recipes from ‘la cucina povera’ (the kitchen of the poor) that remain popular. If you want to save this recipe for later, you can print it, bookmark this page or save it to Pinterest. What an interesting recipe – one that I’m sure to make. But, they do remain a typical dish in Favignana and other parts of Sicily and Calabria where tuna fishing was an important industry. I LOVE PASTA AND THIS RECIPE LOOKS SO FLAVORFUL! These look amazing, Justin! I’ve never had tuna meatballs, but I cannot wait to make this! I would have never thought to put tuna in a meatball. Chop the pine nuts. Cook the pasta al dente according to the instructions on the packet. Learn how your comment data is processed. These delicious Sicilian fresh tuna meatballs are flavoured with mint, pine nuts and lemon zest. Looking for Italian meatball recipes? The recipe for pasta with tuna ragu is typical from Trapani, and is not very well known outside of Sicily. Such amazing flavours. I’m originally a Londoner but in 2003 life’s journey brought me to the beautiful Veneto region of Italy where… Read More, 3rd place in Top 50 Italian Food Blogs Awards by Feedspot, Copyright © 2020 The Pasta Project on the Brunch Pro Theme, Aosta Valley (Valle d’Aosta or Val d’Aosta). I love the idea of tuna meatballs! In a large nonstick skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat. (17floz) or 1.5 kg peeled sauce tomatoes (3.5 lbs), (14oz) or spaghetti. If you can find top quality fresh tuna, there really isn't much that you have to do to it.…, A burst tomato sauce heats the tomatoes just enough so they simply "burst" and release their juices to create a natural sauce. ), Busiate pasta with Trapanese pesto from Trapani, Roasted Red Pepper Pesto with Casarecce Pasta. The Egadi Islands are located off the North Western tip of Sicily. LOVE the whole idea of tuna meatballs with pasta. Add the Parmesan cheese and parsley, mix and make small meatballs. This is a such a tasty way to serve fresh tuna. Cheesy Stuffed Meatballs. What a great way to use tuna. Sounds amazing! Make the tuna balls first by blitzing the toasted bread, onion, cheese, garlic, lemon, … Tuscan Gnudi (ricotta and spinach gnocchi). Genevesone are bigger but also cut like penne. As with beef or pork meatballs, Italians are more likely to eat the sauce with pasta and the tuna meatballs separately. This whole dish looks amazing! I’ve never heard of tuna meatballs, here in California it’s usually tartar or ceviche, so I’m really excited to try this recipe and have something fun and new to make with fresh tuna! Thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful day. You want to coat the pasta with sauce. In fact, they’re usually made with the best quality tuna, most often bluefin. I love everything about it, and it looks amazing. This is totally new to me. Open the cans of tuna and drain them completely. © 2020 Salt Pepper Skillet. Yum! Sicilian Meatballs. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Those tuna meatballs look perfect and that sauce sounds so tasty! Salt Pepper Skillet » Recipes » Sicilian Tuna Meatballs. Once they start to soften add the peeled tomatoes or passata/polpa. The last month has been great for seafood. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. Italian, Mediterranean, Sicilian, Southern Italian, Bluefin tuna, fresh tuna, Italian recipe, Sicilian food, tomato sauce, tuna meatballs, tuna pasta. In a bowl, combine the tuna, egg, onion, garlic and breadcrumbs. I say you made an excellent choice with these meatballs. It costs $30 for 2lbs of fresh tuna – for 8 people? Put the tuna in a medium bowl and mix. Put the tuna, mint, pistachios and the chopped onion in a food processor and pulse to combine. tuna cut into 1/2" pieces 1/2 cup pine nuts 2/3 cup breadcrumbs 2 eggs 1 cup onion minced fine 1/2 cup italian parsley chopped zest of 1 lemon 1 tablespoon kosher salt + freshly ground pepper canola oil for frying flour Today, there’s still a tuna fishing industry in Sicily, of course, but because of a depletion in tuna populations and fishing restrictions , it’s not as big as it used to be. And being on a tomato kick is never bad in my book! Easy and light summer recipe too. Want to introduce me to your friends? Fry 6-8 meatballs at a time until browned on each side and cooked through, about 15 minutes. Chickpea Meatballs . Pretty expensive to 8 people! Beautifully done! Simple things are the best things, and this Ahi Tuna Poke Bowl recipe is so darn simple and incredibly delicious. If you make extra fresh tuna meatballs you can use this as a cook once eat twice recipe. These tuna meatballs look amazing. You can also subscribe without commenting. Genovesone are the larger version of a smaller pasta tube called genovesine. Serve them with pasta one day and potatoes the next! I have read that the idea of Sicilian fresh tuna meatballs was born there! I LOVE HOW EASY IT IS TO MAKE! For example orecchiette with braciole (beef rolls) or Italian braised pork ribs with pasta. I always love a unique meatball recipe, and this hits the spot. oil for frying, to taste. The tuna and the tomatoes would pair perfectly together! It really wasn’t … I have never heard of tuna meatballs but now that I have, I know that I need to make these asap. Then plate the pasta and add 2-3 fresh tuna meatballs and more sauce. And pastificio dei campi when i visited their factory in Gragnano, Naples month., about 15 minutes and recipe sites side ; remove and set aside pesto from Trapani, website. 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