Tuna burger with capers and olives

• Time di Preparation: 10 minutes
• Time di cooking: 10 minutes 
• difficulty: Bassa

How to make tuna burgers

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Ingredients

• 700g skinless tuna steak, cleaned of dark meat and cut into large pieces
• ¼ cup finely chopped flat leaf parsley
• 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh thyme
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
• 1 tablespoon fennel seeds
• 1 teaspoon crushed red chili flakes
• Salt and pepper
• ½ cup pitted Niçoise olives
• 3 tablespoons of capers
• 1 spoon of white wine vinegar
• 4 anchovy fillets
• 5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
• 8 leaves of green leaf lettuce
• Sliced ​​tomato
• Red onion cut into thin slices

Preparation

• Place the tuna in a food processor and pulse at short intervals until finely chopped.
• Transfer the tuna to a bowl and add the parsley, rosemary, thyme, lemon zest, fennel seeds and garlic flakes. Chili pepper red; season with salt and pepper and mix thoroughly.
• Score the surface of the dough, dividing it into 4 equal portions, and shape them into pressed meatballs of equal thickness.
• In a food processor, puree the olives, capers, vinegar, anchovies, and 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil until you obtain a tapenade.
• In a large nonstick skillet, heat the remaining tablespoon of EVOO (one turn of the pan) over medium-high heat.
• Cook the burgers, flipping once, for 6 minutes for medium-rare and up to 10 minutes for well-done burgers.
• Arrange the burgers on the bun bases; garnish them by overlapping the lettuce, the tomato and the onion.
• Spread the tops of the buns generously with olive tapenade and use them to cover the burgers.

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