We Won the Oscars of Food
Drumroll, please… There’s a new star in the specialty food hall of fame: just a few months after debuting in the US, Testa Bluefin Tuna has …
This Pasta tastes even better the next day
The first time we cooked this pasta fredda (Italian for cold pasta salad), the whole Gusti team was in our Bronx HQ and we needed a 5-minute …
Testa Conserve Takes Gold at the SOFI Awards
The word’s out: Testa Conserve makes the best preserved bluefin tuna known to humanity. Their filetti di tonno rosso in extra virgin olive oil took …
No Waste Bluefin Tuna
The Testas are a family of tuna nerds. They fish tuna. They can tuna. They eat tuna. They educate about tuna. By law, they have just …
From Sicilia: the most perfect Anchovy?
These are the most perfect anchovies we’ve ever tasted. There, we said it. When our anchovy skeptic friends tasted them, they came back for more. …
Bluefin Tuna by Testa Conserve in Forbes Italia
They know what’s up over at Forbes Italia: they named Testa Conserve and their bluefin tuna one of the top 100 “Eccellenze Italiane” in the …
Spaghetti alla Carrettiera (alla Romana)
This recipe for Spaghetti alla Carrettiera (alla Romana) is the fruit of a collab with our amica Isabel, better known by her art name @leftburner. …
Bluefin Tuna and Cannellini White Bean Salad
With ingredients as special as Sicilian bluefin tuna fillets and organic cannellini white beans, you don’t need much else. This simple, luxurious salad is inspired …
Sicilian Tuna for Christmas
BIG news! We are launching a brand spanking new product and we are so excited. Bluefin tuna is a tricky topic, so much so that …
Interview with Testa: Why preserving Bluefin Tuna in EVOO?
If you want to eat bluefin tuna, this is the most responsible way to do it. Since 1800, the Testas have been sailing the Mediterranean …
Caserecci with Anchovies and Cauliflower
We revisited this recipe for Pasta with Anchovies and Cauliflower from the gusti archives, and it’s still as delicious as ever! Back when we first …
Tuna Fillets, Ventresca, Buzzonaglia… How to choose?
If you read our interview with Tuccio Testa, you know that Sicilian bluefin tuna is a special creature with extraordinary characteristics. Each cut of the …
Testa Conserve in the New York Times
Absolute food authority Florence Fabricant gave Testa Conserve’s sgombro and sugarello sott’olio a wonderful write up in her Front Burner column in the New York …
Sicilian Fish = Gusti Hot Food
Introducing the Gusti summer survival kit: Sgombro and Sugarello packed in Sicilian EVOO. Testa wild fish is our latest launch and it has already gained …
Aeolian Summer Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette
This Aeolian summer salad has all the flavors of the Mediterranean. Juicy fresh tomatoes, salty Castelvetrano olives, plump sugarello fish fillets, briny caper leaves, sweet …
Sugarello Pasta Fredda Salad
Pasta fredda is a summertime staple. Since it’s eaten cold (“fredda”) or at room temperature, it’s the perfect dish to prepare in advance and bring …
Sgombro Bruschetta with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Caper Leaves
This combination of sgombro (mackerel), mozzarella, sun dried tomatoes, and caper leaves comes to us from panini master Alessandro Frassica. He first created it at …
Mercury in Mediterranean Mackerel? No way!
A key element of the almost miraculous Mediterranean diet, there’s strong evidence that eating fish is good for you. Yet, sea contamination and alarming toxins …
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