{"title":"Olasagasti","description":"\u003cp\u003eOlasagasti tin bonito del norte (white tuna, or albacore) in Spain: in olive oil, and in escabeche, the wine vinegar and olive oil marinade that makes it a salad all by itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"olasagasti-bonito-del-norte-in-escabeche","title":"Olasagasti Bonito del Norte in Escabeche","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne 120g tin of Olasagasti Bonito del Norte (white tuna, or albacore) in escabeche: wine vinegar and olive oil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlake it over sliced tomatoes and onion and use the escabeche as the dressing, or lay it on bread with a roasted pepper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA salad for two, or lunch for one with close to 30g of protein in the tin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOlasagasti Bonito del Norte in escabeche: Basque white tuna, pole-and-line caught and packed in wine vinegar and olive oil.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every summer the boats along Spain's northern coast go out after albacore in the Bay of Biscay, a season the Basques call the costera, and the fish is landed one at a time on a pole and line. Olasagasti, a cannery in the Basque Country, works with the tuna fresh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe should say the escabeche is a vinegar marinade, so this tin is sharp rather than mellow, and lighter than tuna in oil. If you want your bonito soft and rich, the Ortiz tin in olive oil is the one. If you like a salad that dresses itself, this is it. (The vinegar does the dressing; you only need to supply the tomatoes.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe've sent out more than five million meals' worth of fish over the years, and tinned Spanish tuna is one of the few things on the shelf that's earned its price every time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Fish Society","offers":[{"title":"Pack \/ 120g","offer_id":64940522111353,"sku":"810175","price":6.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0751\/9489\/2598\/files\/OlasagastiBonitodelNorteinEscabeche_2.jpg?v=1792571247"},{"product_id":"olasagasti-albacore-tuna-in-olive-oil","title":"Olasagasti Albacore Tuna in Olive Oil","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne tin of Olasagasti albacore (Bonito del Norte) in olive oil: white tuna, olive oil and salt, nothing else\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLift it onto toast with sliced ripe tomato and a spoonful of its oil, or flake it into a salade niçoise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLunch for one or a salad for two, with roughly 28g of protein in the tin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOlasagasti albacore tuna in olive oil: pole-and-line caught Bonito del Norte, packed in the Basque fishing port of Ondarroa.\u003c\/strong\u003e The cannery was founded more than a century ago by an Italian, Salvatore Orlando, which is a nice irony in a town that thinks of itself as about as Basque as it gets. The family still works its tuna fresh, caught one at a time in the Bay of Biscay during the summer season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlbacore is not the cheap tuna, and there are reasons: it's paler, finer and caught a fish at a time, in a season of a few months, rather than netted by the thousand. What you get is white flakes that hold together on a fork. (The oil is part of the deal. Pour it over the tomatoes, not down the sink.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe've been trading for 25 years, and tinned Basque tuna is one of the few things we'd put up against anything on the fresh counter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Fish Society","offers":[{"title":"Pack \/ 112g","offer_id":64940523061625,"sku":"810176","price":6.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0751\/9489\/2598\/files\/OlasagastiAlbacoreTunainOliveOil_1_845b2060-715e-4b63-8b4c-808805768681.jpg?v=1792571246"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thefishsociety.co.uk\/collections\/olasagasti.oembed","provider":"The Fish Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}