Bluefin tuna from Barbate: buy Herpac tinned fish

Barbate is the gateway through which bluefin tuna enters the Mediterranean and the cradle of the almadraba trap fishery. That is where brothers Francisco and Diego Pacheco founded Herpac in 1986, moving from their fishmonger's to salting tuna by hand. Today it is the town's leading cannery. If you want to buy Herpac tinned fish, here are their tins, jars and salted fish.

The whole tuna, cut by cut

What sets Herpac apart is that it works bluefin tuna by cuts, the way a butcher works a pig, and each has its own texture and flavour. Their mojama is one of the few protected by the Mojama de Barbate PGI.

Their range

• Bluefin tuna cuts: ventresca (belly), the fattiest and juiciest part; tarantelo, between the belly and the tail; morrillo, the area behind the head, very flavourful; solomillo (loin fillet) and lomo (loin). In olive oil, in 120 and 245 gram tins.
• Other tunas: yellowfin tuna belly, melva canutera (bullet tuna) and melva fillets, the great Cádiz classic.
• Jars: tuna with onions, tuna in Pedro Ximénez and tuna loin in Iberian lard.
• Mackerel: mackerel fillets and roe in olive oil.
• Salted fish: extra PGI mojama and tuna and cheese skewers.

Before serving

Mojama in very thin slices with fried almonds and a fino or amontillado sherry. Belly and tarantelo at room temperature with a cut tomato. To learn more about bluefin tuna, see our bluefin tuna collection.

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