Mediterranean Tuna Sandwich

A good, light sandwich for a hot day.  Super refreshing, it's packed with flavor and protein.

1 piece Lavash bread

1 can Italian yellow fin tuna in EVOO

1 Meyer lemon

2 T lemon juice

cucumber

pitted olives

red onion

hummus

salt

pepper

Lay the Lavash flat on the sandwich board. Cut the Meyer lemon in half and extract as many seeds as possible, without damaging the fruit's shape.  Using a slicer or mandolin, thinly slice the lemon into rounds.  If the are too thin  and are breaking in the slice, that is OK.  Too thick is not OK. 

Gently press-drain EVOO from tuna.  In a mixing bowl, combine tuna (with any residual EVOO) and lemon juice, along with salt and pepper.

Using a slicer or mandolin, thinly slice cucumber and red pepper.  I haven't offered amounts, because I usually cut them to my liking based on how I am feeling that day.

Olives are going to offer a nice, briny compliment to the fish.  Kalamata olives would make sense here.  Good spanish olives would work, too.  I use large green garlic-brined olives that Lucca deli (22nd/Valencia)* sells.  If you are in SF, it's a good old-school deli to check out.  Loads of great food stuffs.

Looking at the Lavash like a rectangle in front of you, oriented as a wide rectangle (vs. a long rectangle). You will only include ingredients on the right hand side.  From top to bottom lay out your lemon slices.  On top of those, add your tuna.  On the sides of the tuna, add the olives.  Add onion slices and cucumber.  On the left half of the Lavash, spread hummus, leaving a 1/2" border.

Turn the Lavash a 1/4 turn clockwise.  This reorients the Lavash as a long rectangle.  The side with the ingredients should be closest to you, while the side with the hummus is furthest away.   Roll the Lavash away from you, as tightly as you can without breaking it  The hummus will help the bread to adhere to itself.  The 1/2" border allows for the hummus to spread a bit, without causing a mess.

Slice in half.  Eat.

*FYI - There are multiple Lucca delis in the city, and I've been told that they are not necessarily related.  22nd/Valencia is specifically the one that I am referring to.