Easy Tuna Toast With Tomatoes and Arugula

Tuna Toast Ingredients

As we said this is simple, Inspired by many trips to Italy. Because of so few ingredients it’s important to uses the freshest and best quality you can find.

• Great Bread – We prefer a baguette cut up in a bias to make crostini style tuna toast. If you want something larger, a como or sourdough loaf, cut into smaller slices is amazing. In Puglia they use a Frise or Friselle.
• Fresh Tomatoes – We recommend cherry or grape tomatoes. The reason we like fresh tomatoes is because they are fully ripened for the sweeter flavor. You can use this recipe all year long, but you may need to add some sweet components if the tomatoes are not sweet like aged balsamic vinegar.
• Arugula – The peppery and crip flavor of arugula is our favorite. But you can also use kale, finely diced, or any other crisp green you like.
• Canned Tuna – We prefer tuna that is packed in oil versus water. But look for a quality tinned or canned tuna.
• Olive Oil – There are many styles of olive oil to choose from. If you can find Arbequina olive oil, it has a fruiter vibrant flavor.
• Finishing Salt – A touch of Maldon or flaky finishing salt really elevates the tuna toast recipe. We use this as a magical finish whenever we cater on almost every recipe we make.

Preparation

For this tuna toast recipe, it’s all about making prep easy and having your mis en place (everything prepped) done before making them.

Make Crostini

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

Cut your baguette or bread into thin slices on a bias (at an angle). Lay the slices of bread out on a sheet tray. We do not use parchment paper but you can if you want easier cleanup.

Brush olive oil on the top of the slices and cook them on the middle rack of the oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes or until golden.

Slice Tomatoes

Remove the stems if they have them and cut them in half. When selecting cherry tomatoes, they should be soft, but not squishy. That is a good indication of a sweet, ripe cherry tomato.

Drain Tuna

Place a paper towel on a plate or sheet tray. Remove the tuna from the oil and lay them out on the sheet tray. Some of the oil will naturally come off the tuna.

How To Make Tuna Toast

We recommend that you make the tuna toast on your serving platter for ease.

1. In a medium size bowl add the tomatoes, tuna, and arugula. Drizzle with olive oil and use tongs to combine.
2. Layer each crostini with pieces of the cherry tomatoes, crumbled tuna, and arugula.
3. Top with a pinch of finishing salt and drizzle liberally with more extra virgin olive oil.

As a modification consider adding a flavored or aged balsamic vinegar.

Wine Pairing

For tuna toast, the first thing we reach for is an Italian rosé. The acidity is a great complementing component to the tuna toasts. If you can’t find an Italian rosé then consider the pairing flavors with the good olive oil and tuna. Something like a Chardonnay or event an Oregon Pinot Noir.