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Dried Tuna Roe - Bottarga, Sicilia
: :Vincenzo Macrì, from the fish preserving company Tre Torri, is among the few people able to procure a part of the supply of the local tuna, fished in the nearby island of Favignana, from the demands of the Japanese and American markets. This way he manages to offer a bottarga (dried and salted roe) made from local tuna eggs, when the majority of the ones on the market are obtained from Atlantic tuna. The term bottarga, from the Arab bot-ah-rik, means 'raw fish eggs' or 'uovo di tonno' (tuna egg) ...
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Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna Trancio in Olive Oil by Tre Torri, Sicilia
: :We¿re talking about Mediterranean Tuna (thunnus thynnus), the most prized species, also called Bluefin Tuna (or, in Italian, 'Tonno Rosso'). It's fished in the so called 'rush' phase, that is, when it's almost at the end of the long migration that takes it towards the warmest waters for mating. It's at this stage, and not after mating, that it is possible to glean the best and nutritionally richest tuna meats. The processing and preserving company 'Conservificio Tre Torri' in Erice takes three different cuts from this Bluefin Tuna, fished off ...
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Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna Ventresca in Olive Oil by Tre Torri, Sicilia
: :We're talking about Mediterranean Tuna (thunnus thynnus), the most prized species, also called Bluefin Tuna (or, in Italian, 'Tonno Rosso'). It's fished in the so called 'rush' phase, that is, when it's almost at the end of the long migration that takes it towards the warmest waters for mating. It's at this stage, and not after mating, that it is possible to glean the best and nutritionally richest tuna meats. The processing and preserving company 'Conservificio Tre Torri' in Erice takes three different cuts from this Bluefin Tuna, fished off ...
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Bottarga di Tonno (Tuna Roe) from Erice by Tre Torri - Whole
: :Vincenzo Macrì, from the fish preserving company Tre Torri, is among the few people able to procure a part of the supply of the local tuna, fished in the nearby island of Favignana, from the demands of the Japanese and American markets. This way he manages to offer a bottarga (dried and salted roe) made from local tuna eggs, when the majority of the ones on the market are obtained from Atlantic tuna. The term bottarga, from the Arab bot-ah-rik, means 'raw fish eggs' or 'uovo di tonno' (tuna egg) ...
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Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna Tarantello in Olive Oil by Tre Torri, Sicilia
: :We¿re talking about Mediterranean Tuna (thunnus thynnus), the most prized species, also called Bluefin Tuna (or, in Italian, 'Tonno Rosso'). It's fished in the so called 'rush' phase, that is, when it's almost at the end of the long migration that takes it towards the warmest waters for mating. It's at this stage, and not after mating, that it is possible to glean the best and nutritionally richest tuna meats. The processing and preserving company 'Conservificio Tre Torri' in Erice takes three different cuts from this Bluefin Tuna, fished off ...
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