Tuna and marrows go really well together and this recipe is wonderfully easy to make with great results.
Preparation time: 25 min
Total time: 50 mins
Serves: 6 (1 stuffed marrow per person)
Ingredients:
- 6 round marrows, ends trimmed
- 2 (160 g) cans Elite tuna in sunflower oil, drained and flaked
- ¼ onion, grated
- 1 tomato, finely chopped (optional)
- 110 g dry bread crumbs
- 1 egg, beaten
- Salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 15 ml olive oil
Instructions:
- Fill a large pot with salted water, place the marrows inside it and boil over medium heat for about 5 minutes to soften.
- Remove the marrows and allow to cool.
- Scoop out the flesh from the marrows, leaving a 1 cm shell; place the scooped out flesh in a bowl and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 175°C. Lightly grease a 22 cm x 30 cm baking dish.
- Mash the marrow flesh in the bowl. Add in the tuna, onion, tomato, bread crumbs, egg, salt, and black pepper and mix well.
- Lightly stuff the marrow shells with the tuna mixture.
- Drizzle about ½ teaspoon of olive oil over each stuffed marrow.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the tops are slightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes.
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