Tuna in tomato sauce

Recipe for cooking tuna baked in the oven with tomatoes, onions, seasoned with lemon juice, capers and caraway seeds.

Ingredients

• Tuna - 1 Kilogram
• Onions - 2 Pieces
• Tomatoes - 700 Grams
• Capers - 2 Tbsp. spoons
• Cumin - 1 Teaspoon
• Bay leaf - 2 Pieces
• Olive oil - 6 tbsp. spoons
• Lemon juice - 4 Tbsp. spoons
• Garlic - 2 Cloves
• Salt and pepper - - To taste

Directions

1. Peel and chop the onion. Peel and chop the tomatoes. Peel and crush the garlic. Preheat oven to 160 degrees. Sprinkle the tuna with lemon juice on both sides and refrigerate for an hour.
2. Heat 3 tablespoons. olive oil over medium heat in a skillet and add onion. Saute for 15 minutes, until it is browned. Stir while frying to cook evenly. Heat some water in a saucepan.
3. Make an incision in the skin of each of the tomatoes, put them in a saucepan with hot water and leave for 40 seconds, then pour out the water and rinse the tomatoes under running water. Peel and cut into 4 pieces. Cut into small pieces.
4. When the onion is cooked, put it on the bottom of a refractory dish, season with salt and pepper, and put the tomatoes on top. Put garlic, caraway seeds and bay leaf on top and put in the oven for 20 minutes at 160 degrees.
5. When the tomatoes are half cooked, remove them from the oven, add the capers, stir and lightly press down with a spoon to squeeze out the juice. Put back in the oven.
6. 5 minutes before the tomato is cooked, heat 1 tbsp. olive oil in a skillet over high heat. Add tuna and cook for 20 seconds on each side. Remove the finished tomatoes from the oven, pour over 2 tbsp. olive oil and top with tuna. Place the mold back in the oven and bake for another 15 minutes.
7. Serve on heated plates. Serve green beans and new potatoes for garnish. Bon Appetit!