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Ham Cured Goose Legs with Butter Poached Peas and carrots
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Cooks illustrated had a comparison a few months ago. Sorry I don't remember the winner but I'm sure you can find it on line
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added 10 months agoI would recommend As do Mar or Ortiz. Both are packed in Spain.
I have seen Ortiz tuna recommended on this site previously. Where does one obtain it? I have looked for it unsuccessfully in Whole Foods, Fresh Market, and various "gourmet" markets in the Miami area. Thanks!
pierino is a trusted source on General Cooking and Tough Love.
added 10 months agoYou can order Ortiz through Zingerman's. In fact they are having a sale on it through the month. That would be for the "bonito del norte". They also have other styles and cuts, the best being the tuna belly, "ventresca" which can be really expensive.
Here's a link to the taste testing kbckitchen refers to: http://www.cooksillustrated...
There are two varieties that my father really likes in his birthday basket of gourmet goodies each year. We like jarred or canned Tonnino brand. I find it at The Fresh Market and occaionally at World Market. Amazon also usually is a source for Tonnino .The second is a Publix brand in a can called Genova Tonno. Both are very meaty and tasty . They rarely have the "shreds" of tuna you find in most tunas today, and they are canned in olive oil ,too.
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added 10 months agoFWIW if you read the label on the Genova (really fine print) you will see that it's made by Chicken of the Sea.
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added 10 months agoI like cento!
I tried a new World Market brand in store yesterday ,Darlene. Neptuna is in a small jar from Costa Rica.It was reasonably priced ( 2/$5 ) and one jar made two large sandwiches. It,too, is in olive oil.It was very firm fleshed and mild. Not fishy at all.
Tonnino -- without anything cute added to it. The "I'm too tired to cook" favorite recipe for The Friend is a pasta 'sauce' with diced artichoke hearts (also in oil, not water) sun-dried tomatoes, a mix of good olives, capers, lemon and a couple jars of the Tonnino Ventresca. Yummy stuff.
Thanks for all the tips. Picked up some Ortiz Bonito del Norte as well as some tuna belly over the weekend. Can't wait to do some taste comparisons this week! I see a Nicoise salad in my near future.
@Pierino Many thanks for posting the zingermans website. Had a lot of fun ordering specialty items. Will be returning often to this site!
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added 10 months agoIn which case another source you might want to check out is Corti Brothers in Sacramento. Fantastic stuff.
I've been buying Tonnino in glass jars at Whole Foods. It's pricy, but SO delicious.
I'm with pierino on both Corti Brothers and Zingerman's. Both are terrific sources. I took advantage of their sale on Ortiz Bonito del Norte last summer and was so glad I did. Even the canned tuna haters like this stuff, and for good reason.