Tuna Basquaise (Thon Basquaise à la Provençal)

Ingredients:   Tuna in a glass jar, 1 large  onion,  3 cloves of garlic, 2 tbsp. tomato paste,  2  capsicum/bell pepper(red, yellow or green), 20 olives (black and green), 1/4  cup of strong white wine (like Muscadet and Gros Plant) or Madeira  wine, 4 tbsp.  water, few cubes  of lardon(small pork belly)  or strips of bacon, thyme, rosemary, oregano,  bay leaves, olive oil, salt and pepper

 1. Stir fry  garlic, onion,capsicum/bell pepper, lardon/bacon

 2. add tomato paste, wine, water, olives, thyme, oregano, rosemary,bay leaves, salt and pepper (adjust the salt if   the tuna is already salty.)   Boil for  2 minutes 

 3. then add the tuna.

 4. Add olive oil before serving.