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Santa Catarina launched in 2015, five new delicious tuna specialties: Tuna fillet with Azorean Pimenta (Azorean pepper sauce), Tuna fillet with Curry,Tuna fillet with Basil, Tuna fillet with Pennyroyal and tuna fillet with Rosemary. and in 2016 the Ginger Ttna Fillet.
For the 4th consecutive year Santa Catarina cannery won the most important prize of the competition: "The Best of the Best" with the new "Tuna fillet with Azorean Pepper Sauce" (Pimenta da Terra) which also achieved a Gold Medal. Awards were given after a blind tasting evaluation of a jury testing products from various Portuguese canneries and according to the rules of the competition, Canned always produced in Portugal. So Santa Catarina won two gold medals, one with the "Tuna Fillet in Organic Olive Oil" and another with Tuna Fillet with "Azorean Pepper Sauce".
Canned fish is a highly recommended option for those seeking a healthy yet truly delicious diet, and can be enjoyed on its own or as part of a meal.
Santa Catarina Tuna fillet with Ginger 120g, preserved in olive oil and lightly salted.
Santa Catarina is a company committed to both high quality and sustainability, which accounts for the fact that all of its tuna is caught in the crystalline waters of the Azores using the traditional pole and line system, a 100% sustainable method described by Greenpeace as generating the world’s most sustainable tuna and that also ensures that no other species are caught or even harmed in the process.
Once fished, the tuna is then transported to the factory where it is cooked, cut, trimmed and canned by hand, with hand selected and prepared spices such as onion, garlic, spice and aromatic herbs being added later, and also by hand before the cans are sealed and ready to go the tables of those who enjoy such delicacies.
São Jorge Island is also a place of delicious local spicy sauces, resulting from the local cultivation of this culinary herbs. Azorean cuisine is rich in spices from its history as a stopover point for caravels returning from the east. This tradition and knowledge led to the delicious "Atum em Piripíri" or Spicy Tuna and the "Atum em Molho Crú" or "Mediterranean Sauce" or the recent "Atum em Pimenta dos Açores" and tuna in several aromatic herbs.
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