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  • Serves 2
  • 45 minutes
  • Difficulty Easy
  • 13 Ingredients

51 Comments

Great served with a sauce as an accompaniment.


Ingredients (serves 2)

  • 1 bunch flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
  • 2 x 185gm cans tuna in olive oil, drained
  • 1 egg
  • 1 can cannellini beans, drained and mashed (approx 250-300g)
  • 1/2 cup semolina
  • 1/2 cup almond meal
  • 1/2 cup tomato passata
  • salt and pepper
  • 2 tblsp plain flour
  • Coating - 1/2 cup plain flour
  • 1/2 cup semolina
  • 1 egg
  • olive oil for frying

Method

  1. Combine tuna, white beans, egg, parsley, semolina, almond meal, passata, the 2 tablespoons of flour, and salt and pepper to taste in a large bowl. It should be gluggy, sticky, but not too wet . You can add an extra 1-2 tablespoons flour if needed.
  2. Prepare three plates, one with flour, one with semolina and one with egg.
  3. Heat frying pan over a medium heat, and add olive oil.
  4. Make a small round balls, smaller ones will cook a little quicker then dip and roll the cake first in the flour, then in the egg, then coat with semolina all over.
  5. Prepare them one at a time and drop into oil, pressing flat.
  6. Cook on a low to medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes on each side. If they start to brown before the time, turn it down to a lower heat, and turn up at the end to brown.
  7. Serve with salad and sauce, or vegetables and sauce.

Notes

Can substitute semolina flour or bread crumbs.

  • This is very interesting and an unusual recipe – I’ve not come across any close variations. It certainly sounds very healthy, but I have to admit it sounds a bit complicated and time consuming for my taste. If I can convince someone else to make it, I bet my kids will love it.

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  • Oooh these look healthy and super tasty.

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  • I love tuna, I often just have mexican beans with tuna and cucumber for dinner. but I think I like this tuna bean cakes recipe more.

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  • Yum, I’m cooking these for tea tonight, with a yummy salad on the side I think

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  • these look very yummy, lovely sounding recipe – thank you for sharing your recipe.

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  • Your tuna bean cakes sound pretty tasty! Thanks.

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  • Tuna been cakes look so tasty and so different – so yummy tuna cakes!

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  • These look different. Definitely going to give them a try though :)

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  • Would never of thought of using cannellini beans in place of potatoes.

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  • thank you for sharing this recipe

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  • Thanks for sharing, looks good.

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  • Tuna bean cakes looks nice to have

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  • A yummy tasty treat thanks

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  • this is a healthy recipe

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  • Yummy definitely worth a try

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  • amazingly different recipe to try

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  • Love bean cake have never tried with tuna


    • It is always so good to try new recipes and combinations.

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  • Great recipe. Looking forward to making this.

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  • I love tuna so will be trying this recipe

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  • yum, family would love this, would make them into tuna burgers, thanks for sharing

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