Pisto con Atun
Spanish ratatouille folded with tinned tuna.
Ingredients
- 2 Zucchini
- 1 Bell pepper
- 1 Green bell pepper
- 1 Onion
- 400 g Canned tomatoes
- 2 tin Tinned tuna
- 4 tbsp Extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp Salt
Method
- Dice the zucchini, peppers, and onion.
- Soften the vegetables slowly in oil until collapsed.
- Add the tomato and salt and simmer to a thick stew.
- Fold in the tuna off heat.
- Serve warm with bread.
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About Pisto con Atun
Pisto con atun is a Spanish vegetable stew, essentially the country's answer to ratatouille, enriched with tinned tuna. The base, pisto manchego, comes from the La Mancha region and softens zucchini, peppers, and onion slowly in olive oil before tomato is added and everything cooks down into a thick, jammy stew. Where French ratatouille often keeps its vegetables more distinct, pisto is happy to let them collapse into a unified, spoonable whole. Folding in flaked tuna at the end turns a vegetable side into a satisfying, protein-rich main.
The flavor is sweet and mellow from the long-cooked vegetables, rounded out by the savory, briny tuna and a good olive oil throughout. The one thing that makes or breaks it is patience: the vegetables need to soften slowly until fully collapsed before the tomato goes in, since rushing leaves them crunchy and the stew thin. Crucially, the tuna is stirred in off the heat so it stays in tender flakes rather than breaking down. It's an easy, largely pantry-driven weeknight dinner for four, served warm with bread to scoop it up, and like most such stews it tastes even better the next day.
Pisto con Atun: frequently asked questions
How many calories are in Pisto con Atun?
A serving has about 305 calories — 18.1g protein, 16.8g carbs, 18.9g fat, 5g fiber. Figures are estimated from the ingredient amounts and will shift with your portions and brands.
Is Pisto con Atun gluten-free?
Based on its ingredients, Pisto con Atun has no gluten-containing components, so it's naturally gluten-free — as always, check that any packaged ingredients you use are certified gluten-free to be safe.
How long does Pisto con Atun take to make?
About 35 minutes start to finish, but only around 25 of those are hands-on — the rest is cooking time. In the Homecooked app the timers and parallel steps are sequenced for you so the hands-on part feels even shorter.
How many servings does Pisto con Atun make?
This recipe makes 4 servings. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.