Spanish
Marmitako (Basque Tuna and Potato Stew)
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Marmitako (Basque Tuna and Potato Stew) is Spanish home cooking, eaten at lunch. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Heat the olive oil in a large pot and cook the chopped onion, green pepper, and garlic over medium heat until soft, about 8 minutes.
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Stir in the chopped tomato and the paprika and cook for 3 minutes until fragrant.
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Add the potatoes, breaking each piece off with the tip of a knife rather than slicing cleanly through, since the ragged edges release starch that thickens the broth.
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Pour in the fish stock and the bay leaf, bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 20 minutes until the potatoes are tender.
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Season with the salt, nestle the cubed tuna into the pot, and cook gently for 5 minutes more, just until the fish turns opaque; it overcooks quickly, so pull the pot from the heat as soon as it is done.
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Fish out the bay leaf and ladle the stew into deep bowls while hot.
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Serve it with
A Spanish lunch is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Marmitako (Basque Tuna and Potato Stew), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something to sip
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Marmitako (Basque Tuna and Potato Stew) carries fish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Ajoblanco (Chilled Malaga Almond and Garlic Soup) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 350 kcal
- Protein
- 30 g
- Carbs
- 30 g
- Fat
- 12 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 560 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Marmitako (Basque Tuna and Potato Stew) takes about 60 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch. It is at its best in summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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