Tonnato Sauce

Name: Tonnato Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 1¾ cups (420 ml)
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: about 2 Tbsp (27 ml) Grapeseed Oil; 20 grams pasteurized egg yolk (approximately 1 large egg yolk) (20 g) Egg Yolk; 70 g Tuna; about 2 cloves (10 g) Garlic; about 3 fillets (12 g) Anchovy; about ½ cup (132 ml) Mayo; about ⅔ cup (146 ml) Yogurt; about 2 tsp (9 ml) Champagne; about ½ tsp (3 ml) Tabasco; 6 grams lemon juice (6 ml) Lemon Juice

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Dane Baldwin recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Dane Baldwin.

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Served with shrimp, crab, and fried seafood.

On the jar

TONNATO

Method: blend
Yield: about 1¾ cups
Ingredients: 10

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Grapeseed Oil 27 mlMayo 132 mlYogurt 146 mlChampagne 9 mlTabasco 3 mlLemon Juice 6 ml

Ingredients

Grapeseed Oilabout 2 Tbsp (27 ml)
Egg Yolk20 grams pasteurized egg yolk (approximately 1 large egg yolk) (20 g)
Tuna70 g
Garlicabout 2 cloves (10 g)
Anchovyabout 3 fillets (12 g)
Mayoabout ½ cup (132 ml)
Yogurtabout ⅔ cup (146 ml)
Champagneabout 2 tsp (9 ml)
Tabascoabout ½ tsp (3 ml)
Lemon Juice6 grams lemon juice (6 ml)

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Dane Baldwin works in Seasonal Midwestern American at The Diplomat; credentials include James Beard Best Chef: Midwest 2022 (The Diplomat).

Adapted from a Dane Baldwin recipe (Dane Baldwin / Visit Milwaukee (Market and Larder salad)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Dane Baldwin / Visit Milwaukee (Market and Larder salad) (published as “Tonnato Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

Is it safe with raw egg yolk?

This sauce uses raw egg yolk and is never cooked. Use pasteurized eggs if you, or anyone eating it, is pregnant, elderly, or immunocompromised. Keep it refrigerated and follow the source recipe for how long to keep it.

What if it separates?

Oil and acid emulsions can separate in the fridge; that's the fat solidifying, not spoilage. Cap the jar and shake, or let it sit at room temperature a few minutes first, then shake again.

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