PROCESS METHOD
First you have to decide whether you want a fine or rustic tuna sauce?
If you're looking for the best, you can find a blender or food processor. And if you choose the more rustic one, you can use a mixer or alternatively mix it by hand. If you stir it by hand, you must use a large bowl and a whisk.
I myself use a mixer, as I prefer a rustic tuna sauce where you can see both the capers and the herbs.
Mayonnaise
Once you've found your equipment, it's time to whip up some mayonnaise. (you can also use a ready-made one). Pour the olive oil from the tuna into a jug. This makes the dosing process easier. Beat an egg yolk in a bowl, add a little salt and acid, and beat it into an airy mass. When the yolk has become airy, you must start adding a little oil - but be careful, because now there is the greatest risk of the mayonnaise separating!
Drip 5-6 drops of oil into the mixture while whisking and continue this careful process until you feel the airy mixture begin to thicken. When you sense that the egg yolk and the oil are what is called the alloy (became thick), then you can calmly whisk in the rest of the olive oil.
Now you just have to season it with salt, pepper and lemon (you can also use a little light vinegar).
Tonnato
Put the tuna (drained), capers, herbs, (possibly anchovies) and half the lemon juice as well as the peel into your bowl/blender and mix it together. Get your 50g. mayonnaise and mix until it has the desired consistency.
Now it just needs to be seasoned with salt and lemon juice, and maybe a bit of extra mayonnaise. If you have leftover mayonnaise, you can use it in the fridge!
The veal if you go off the green path
Cut the veal into as thin slices as possible. The thinner the better.
- Bon appetite,
Martin Grøndal