Composed Dilled Tuna Salad

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 12 ounces chunk light tuna, very well drained
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh dill
• 3 tablespoons thinly sliced green onions, divided use
• 2 teaspoons tiny nonpareil capers, divided use
• salt and pepper
• fresh dill
• 1 medium fresh cucumber, thinly sliced but not peeled
• carrot curls, for garnish
• crisp whole wheat crackers or baguette, to serve

Recipe

• 1 in a medium bowl, stir together the tuna (be sure that it is very well drained), mayonnaise, lemon juice, finely chopped dill, 1 tablespoon thinly sliced green onions, and 1 teaspoon finely chopped capers. season to taste with salt and pepper. cover and chill until serving time.
• 2 make carrot curls: use a vegetable peeler to slice off thin strips of carrot; plunge the carrots into ice water to curl. drain before using.
• 3 for each serving, place the tuna mixture into a small rounded bowl and pack down with a rubber spatula.
• 4 overturn the bowl onto a salad plate and lift it away.
• 5 create a border with fanned cucumber slices, tuck in a few sprigs of fresh dill topped with carrot curls and slices of green onion.
• 6 stud the tuna salad mound with a few whole capers and sliced green onions, and top with a slice of cucumber and sprig of fresh dill.
• 7 serve with crisp whole wheat crackers or a baguette.