Alalunga

Canned white tuna in square blue card packaging with Alalunga in silver, embossed lettering above a diagram of a tuna. There is a red stripe along the bottom of the packaging.
Spicy albacore tuna
£9.95
Spicy albacore tuna
A tin of sea bass a la bilbaina or Bilbao style in green card packaging against a wood background. The packaging has Alalunga written in silver lettering above a white illustration of a sea bass, and a red strip along the bottom.
An open tin of sea bass fillets in a round, golden round on a pale background.
£15.95
Sea bass Bilbao style
A tin of sea bass in pesto in green card packaging against a pale yellow background. The packaging has Alalunga written in silver lettering above a white illustration of a sea bass, and a green strip along the bottom.
A round golden tin with fillets of sea bass in olive oil, set against a pale background.
£15.95
Sea bass with fisherman's pesto
Canned white tuna in square blue card packaging with Alalunga in silver, embossed lettering above a diagram of a tuna. There is a copper stripe along the bottom of the packaging.
An open tin of Albacore tuna tarantelo in olive oil from Alalunga.
£12.95
Albacore tuna tarantelo in olive oil
Hake in olive oil in square, blue card packaging with Alalunga written in silver lettering above an illustration of a hake.
Hake in olive oil
£12.95
Hake in olive oil
A tin of hake cheeks in green sauce, in square, blue, card packaging with Alalunga written in silver lettering above an illustration of a hake.
£22.95
Hake cheeks in salsa verde
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A tin of cuttlefish in ink in square-shaped blue card packaging against a pale yellow background. The packaging has Alalunga written in silver lettering above a white illustration of a cuttlefish.
£12.95
Cuttlefish in its ink
Tinned white tuna in square blue card packaging with Alalunga in silver, embossed lettering above a diagram of a tuna. There is a red stripe along the bottom of the packaging.
An open, circular, golden-coloured tin with tuna fillets in tomato sauce, on a pale background.
£11.95
Albacore tuna loin in tomato sauce
A tin of hake cheeks in olive oil in square-shaped blue card packaging against a yellow table background. The packaging has Alalunga written in silver lettering above a white illustration of a hake.
An open tin of hake cheeks in golden coloured olive oil, in a round golden coloured tin, against a pale background.
£22.95
Hake cheeks in olive oil

About the cannery

Alalunga is a small, artisanal cannery in Cantabria, Spain founded by brothers Alvaro and Pablo Huidobro in 2017. The name comes from part of the albacore tuna's scientific name: Thunnus Alalunga - one of the cannery's specialities.

The brothers hail from a family of food lovers. The pair's cooking skills are instinctive, they say, honed on family trips to Cantabrian restaurants when they were children, and whilst observing their grandmother cooking.

The quality of the Alalunga range is down to many factors, but here are three:

•Cooking methods that are novel in the canning industry. The brothers use the sous vide technique where fragile white fish like hake and sea bass are sealed inside a vacuum pack and cooked in a water bath at a carefully regulated temperature. This preserves the delicate flavours and texture of the fish. 

•Precisely timed recipes. The pair down kitchen tools just before the end of the cooking time, letting the steam ovens finish the work and bring the recipes to fruition. 

•And most importantly, the highest grade raw materials available are used: seasonally-caught cuttlefish, line-caught Cantabrian hake, premium sea bass farmed off the Canary Islands, and sustainably and seasonally caught Albacore tuna.

Serving tips

•The meaty fillets of spicy sea bass are great with a side of buttery new potatoes with some chopped parsley.

•Top the broad beans or butter beans with the sea bass and pesto.

•Plate the hake cheeks and hand-whisk the olive oil, which is infused with gelatine from the hake cheeks, into an emulsion and drizzle over.