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Recipe posted by millo
TUNA WITH LEMON SALSA
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Ingredients
Switch to Cup MeasuresFor the salsa
- 2 lemons
- 1 small red onion
- 1 bunch fresh mint
- 1 bunch fresh parsley
- 100 ml extra virgin olive oil (or to taste)
- Maldon salt (to taste)
- freshly ground pepper
For the tuna
- 4 tuna steaks
- 2 tablespoons chilli oil (or wok oil)
- 1 lemon (juice of)
- 1 teaspoon dried mint
- 1 teaspoon Maldon salt (or 1/2 teaspoon of table salt)
Method
- Cut the top and bottom off the lemons so they sit on a chopping board, and then peel them, removing the skin and pith. Chop them roughly and chuck the lemon pieces into a bowl.
- Now chop the red onion, parsley and mint either by hand or in the processor, being careful – please – not to turn them to mush.
- Mix the oniony herby mixture with the chunks of lemon in the bowl and stir in the olive oil and salt and pepper. Sometimes, I have to say, I add some crumbled dried red chilli pepper (or a finely chopped fresh green or red chilli) as well. Leave the salsa to macerate while you cook the fish.
- Heat a ridged griddle or frying pan. Put the marinade ingredients into a shallow dish. Mix together and steep the tuna steaks in the dish for a minute a side.
- Lift the fish out of its marinade into the pan. Cook the tuna steaks on a fairly high heat for a couple of minutes a side, then serve with the lemon salsa.
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