During the Lenten era I wanted to improvise a bit with typical ingredients that are consumed on this special vigil date. Thinking about this, I made some tuna pancakes, which came perfect for the Holy Week menu. Tuna is a protein with enough benefits, such as its high content of omega 3 fatty acids and DHA-EPA fats. These fats prevent cardiovascular diseases, helping to have a healthy heart and taking care of the brain. So if you want to spoil your body and your palate with a healthy and delicious dish, this tuna tortillitas recipe is perfect. We invite you to see the step by step to discover with recipes how to make tuna pancakes.
| 🚻 4 Diners | 🕘 1h 30m | 🍵 Between | 🤯 Medium |
| Ingredients to make tuna pancakes: |
| 2 cans of tuna 4 medium cooked potatoes. oliva |
| ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS: MIDDLE COST, |
Ingredients to make tuna pancakes:
1. The first thing you should do is prealist the ingredients to make tuna and potato pancakes.
2. In a food processor add the tuna in can and cooked potatoes. Process until the ingredients are integrated and a thick paste is formed.
3. The ideal is that we obtain a consistency as seen in the photograph. It is like a mashed potato and tuna of soft and homogeneous texture.
4. Add the finely chopped white onion, garlic clove or garlic paste to taste, salt and black pepper. Rectify flavor and, if you want, add a little more about some other ingredient. Mix the dough of our tuna pancakes well.
5. Take the eggs to a deep dish and beat as if you were a tortilla.
6. On another deep dish add the Panko to proceed to bounce the tuna tortillitas. Remember that if you don have Panko you can use bread or breadcrumbs.
7. Finally, add the finely chopped fresh coriander and beaten eggs to the dough of tuna pancakes and mix the ingredients of our Lenten recipe well.
8. with the hand shapes balls and then applaud them to take a circular shape. Then, pass the tuna and potato pancakes through the Panko or the bread of bread on both sides. Repeat this operation until the entire mass of tuna tortillitas. It carries a pan over medium heat and add a tablespoon of olive oil, once it is hot, it incorporates the homemade pancakes and lets them brown on both sides for about 3-5 minutes. When they are ready, remove them and reserve them on a plate with absorbent paper to remove excess fat. If you do not want to fry them you can enter them in a baking plate with a little olive oil and bake at 180ºC for 15-20 minutes.
9. Serve the tuna pancakes accompanying them with lemon helmets or homemade tartar sauce. Surely you surprise your whole family with this recipe! In addition, it is a very fun way to get the little ones at home to eat fish. If you prefer, you can prepare tuna croquettes instead of pancakes. If you want you can share the final photo of the result of this recipe. Enjoy!
