Adapted from a Martha Recipe – and you should take Mike’s lead and adapt it to suit your own taste! Cold roast chicken, almonds, rocket, avocado and heaps of mayonnaise and lemon and capers would be delicious. Or all marinated vegies – like peppers, olives, artichokes, mushrooms with sliced tomato, rocket and fetta would be yum too!
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Tuna Pan Bagna
- 1 loaf Italian or country bread with crust that is not too heavy
- 1 large clove garlic, halved
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 1/2 tablespoons white-wine vinegar
- 1 small red onion, very thinly sliced
- medium sized tin of tuna in olive oil
- 1 large ripe tomato, thinly sliced
- a couple of ‘fillets’ of roasted red pepper
- 1 handful of rocket
- 1/2 lemon
- 12 basil leaves
- 2 tbsp mayonnaise
- pitted olives
- Halve bread horizontally. Pull out the soft interior, to within 1-inch of the crust; discard interior or reserve for another use. Rub the inside of bread all over with garlic, then drizzle with oil and vinegar.
- Cover the bottom half of the bread with onion and tomato slices. Top with pepper strips. Evenly distribute tuna and basil and rocket and olives. Add plenty of salt and pepper and a squeeze of lemon too.
- Spread the top half of bread with mayonnaise and place it mayo-side down over filled bottom half. Wrap in plastic wrap. Place on a large plate, and top with a second plate. Weight with several heavy cans. Refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours. Just before serving, cut into 6 to 8 wedges or slices.
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Lemonade
Makes 10 cups – you might want to make sure your ICE will fit into the top of whatever bottle you are going to carry this in… just a thought.
- 3 cups lemon or lime juice, about 20 lemons or 25 limes freshly squeezed (perhaps lemons – limes are WAY TOO EXPENSIVE unless you have a lime tree!)
- 2 cups caster sugar
- 6 cups cold water
- 2 cups of ice
- 2 lemons or limes, thinly sliced for garnish
- 1/2 cup cranberry juice, optional for pink lemonade
Into a large serving container, strain the citrus juice, mix it with sugar, and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Add 4 cups cold water and cranberry juice, if using, and stir again until well combined. Add ice to fill and a few lemon or lime slices.