Recipe | Griddled tuna with upgraded potatoes a lo pobre

The weather may not be the best at the minute, but boy am I grateful for the cooler air – especially where cooking is concerned. This dish has all the summer vibes – a beautifully simple griddled tuna steak with one my favourite Spanish accompaniments, potatoes a lo pobre (poor man’s potatoes). Why are they upgraded? Because I’ve added a little twist, tinned chopped tomatoes. Even more delicious, and the tomatoey sauce goes lovely with the tuna. You’ll love it – I promise. As usual, this is a recipe that serves 2.

Ingredients

• 2 tuna steaks 
• 1 large garlic clove, crushed 
• 200g new potatoes, thinly sliced (I use the mandolin) 
• 1 pepper, cored, deseeded and thinly sliced (any colour, but I like to use half a red and half a green pepper – sometimes even half a yellow pepper) 
• ½ red onion, thinly sliced 
• ½ tin chopped tomatoes 
• ½ chilli or 1 tsp chilli flakes

Method

• Preheat the oven to 200C fan/gas mark 7 
• Scatter the potatoes, onion and pepper on a roasting tray. Drizzle with olive oil and season. Roast for 20 minutes 
• Take out of the oven add the garlic, chilli and chopped tomatoes. Stir, then return to the oven for 5 minutes 
• In the meantime, heat some oil in a frying/griddle pan and cook the tuna steaks to your liking. Mine were quite thick so I went for 2 minutes each side 
• Serve the tuna on top of the veg

Please let me know if you try this recipe – or any of my others. If you’re sharing on Instagram, use the hashtag #LoveLucyRecipe so I can take a look at your creations.

Love, Lucy xx 

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