Creamy tuna and caper dip
Ingredients
- 185g good quality canned tuna in oil, drained and broken up into chunks
- 2 eggs
- 200g cream cheese
- 20 salted capers, rinsed, drained, chopped
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Crusty bread or crackers, to serve
How to Make It
Step
1
Place the eggs in a small saucepan and cook, covered completely with water, over high heat. Bring to the boil, then cook for a further 9 minutes. Carefully tip out the boiling water from the saucepan and fill with cold water to cool the eggs. Once cool, peel the eggs and roughly chop.
Step
2
Place the tuna, cooled chopped eggs, cream cheese, capers and lemon juice into a food processor. Process until just combined. Serve immediately with crusty bread or crackers or prepare several hours in advance and refrigerate until ready to serve – buon appetito.
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185g good quality canned tuna in oil, drained and broken up into chunks|2 eggs|200g cream cheese|20 salted capers, rinsed, drained, chopped|1 tablespoon lemon juice|Crusty bread or crackers, to serve
Vanessa Bottaro
Author, Founder and Creative Director at Italian Spoon
In my eyes, Italian cuisine is love on a plate.
Vanessa is Creative Director of the Italian Spoon website and Author of The Italian entertaining cookbook, a collection of home-style Italian recipes and tips for entertaining in true Italian-style. In addition to cooking and taking photographs, Vanessa writes the recipes and blogs to bring the love of Italian cooking to life! The collection of recipes and blogs on the website have been inspired by travels to Italy and desire to share what she has learnt from the great ‘Mamma’s and ‘Nonna’s in her life!
Vanessa is an entrepreneur and wife to husband Simone and the mother of two beautiful kids Dante and Mia. Even so she was born and lives in Melbourne Australia, Vanessa has a deep connection to Italy. Perhaps it is the food, or maybe it is because it is the place where Vanessa met the love of her life, Simone to whom she has been happily married for so many years.
Vanessa is Creative Director of the Italian Spoon website and Author of The Italian entertaining cookbook, a collection of home-style Italian recipes and tips for entertaining in true Italian-style. In addition to cooking and taking photographs, Vanessa writes the recipes and blogs to bring the love of Italian cooking to life! The collection of recipes and blogs on the website have been inspired by travels to Italy and desire to share what she has learnt from the great ‘Mamma’s and ‘Nonna’s in her life!
Vanessa is an entrepreneur and wife to husband Simone and the mother of two beautiful kids Dante and Mia. Even so she was born and lives in Melbourne Australia, Vanessa has a deep connection to Italy. Perhaps it is the food, or maybe it is because it is the place where Vanessa met the love of her life, Simone to whom she has been happily married for so many years.
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