Boquerones & Bonito Tuna Salad Montadito
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Will you find this exact montadito piled high on the bar of the finest pintxo bar in San Sebastián? Yes. That's where it was discovered and an attempted recreation is below. Perhaps not identical, but continued experimentation and sampling of the results is something we can all enjoy.
Boquerones & Bonito Tuna Salad Montadito
Total Time: You tell me.
Ingredients
- Donostia Foods White Anchovies in Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- mayonnaise
- green onion
- Donostia Foods Bonito del Norte Tuna
- garlic
- celery
- a squeeze of lemon
- salt & pepper
- fresh, crusty bread
Directions
1. Mix all the ingredients except for the boquerones in proportions of your choosing in a bowl. As the Bonito is so good, our humble recommendation is to go light on everything. You're going for a subtle crunch with the celery. Just a hint of garlic. The suggestion of lemon. Something like this.
2. Chill the mix for several hours. Or don't.
3. Scoop and situate atop your slices of crusty bread, then crown with a boqueron fillet.
4. Eat them all yourself or share with friends and family. The choice is yours.
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For additional recipes and serving suggestions for Spanish conservas, please see our aptly named Recipes & Serving Suggestions page.
+About
One afternoon not that long ago, A.J. Weiss was sitting in a cafe, tapping his pen on an empty note pad, and staring out the window. The prior accumulated years of adventure, heartbreak, and common drudgery had all amounted to this, a particular moment, for reasons both unknown and fairly straightforward. The most straightforward being that he worked at Blue Planet Foods, Ltd., importer of high-quality food products and ingredients, and that he had set forth to complete the task of conjuring a suitable name for the company's new Spanish specialty food brand. After a certain amount of consideration and voluminous list-making, Donostia Foods came to be.
What was the inspiration for this (superb) brand name? Donostia-San Sebastián, a small coastal city in Basque Country in northern Spain, renowned for its restaurants, gastronomic societies, and culinary traditions. A place where locals and visitors alike wander the cobblestones of the old town in the warm evening light, drifting amongst the pintxo bars to sample unparalleled small-bites accompanied by the effervescent local wine, txakoli, and sharing in the laughter that becomes the fondest of memories; a place that exudes good food, good drinks, and a general sense of revelry. All of which is quite enjoyable.
With Donostia Foods we hope to introduce more people in the United States to the gastronomic pleasures of Donostia-San Sebastián and Spain as a whole, with a continually expanding product line of the best examples of the best products we can find and with the conviviality of the place itself.
Thank you for your interest in Donostia Foods, and if there's anything we can do for you, please contact us.
A.J. Weiss in the village of Espelette in Basque Country.
