Finocchio Tuna with Crispy Vegetables and Gilroy Garlic Vinaigrette

Recipe courtesy Elaine Sweet, Dallas, TX

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Total Time:
34 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
14 min
Yield:
6 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

Vinaigrette:

Tuna:

  • 6 (7-ounce) tuna steaks
  • 3 1/2 tablespoons fennel seeds
  • 3 teaspoons coriander seeds
  • 2 tablespoons white peppercorns
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

Crispy Vegetables:

  • 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 3 cups shredded green cabbage
  • 1/2 cup julienned red bell pepper
  • 1/2 cup julienned jicama
  • 1 cup snow peas, cut on bias
  • 1/2 cup thinly sliced carrot
  • 2 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted

Directions

For vinaigrette, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add ginger and cook for 1 minute. Add garlic and shallots and cook for 3 minutes. Pour in the sherry vinegar. Stir to remove any browned bits on the saucepan. Add orange juice, liqueur, soy sauce, and rosemary; cook and stir until mixture has thickened and reduced by half. Remove rosemary sprig and puree mixture in a food processor. Slowly add remaining olive oil in a stream. Season with salt and pepper. Keep warm.

Rinse tuna steaks and pat dry. Grind fennel seeds, coriander seeds, and peppercorns. Transfer spices to a flat plate. Beat egg whites until slightly frothy. Season tuna with salt; dip in egg whites and then in spice mixture. Heat 1/4 cup olive oil in a heavy skillet. When smoking hot sear tuna steaks, 2 minutes per side, and set aside.

For the vegetables, heat 1/4 cup olive oil in a heavy skillet and add all vegetables to mixture. Cook for about 3 minutes. Vegetables should be coated with oil and still crisp. Toss in sesame seeds.

To serve, spoon Gilroy Garlic Vinaigrette onto the center of 6 serving plates, arrange vegetables on the plates, and top with tuna steak. Drizzle with a little more vinaigrette and serve.

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  • on April 19, 2009

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    I've eaten quite a bit of tuna in my life. This was easily among the best tuna recipes I've attempted. I made just 2 servings so I basically cut everything in half. The vinigarette is simply marvelous. My wife, a woman who eats no sauces or dressings, (not even condiments! was literally rubbing the tuna in this sauce. In 27 years of marriage I have never seen her do that.

    I did not have any jicama so I used celery. It worked well. Additionally, I did not see the need to coat the tuna with egg white. Spices adhere to the fish without the egg.

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  • on January 17, 2005

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    The tuna turned out to be juicy and moist. My only complaint is about the garlic sauce. I would recommend using a little less soy sauce, and a lot less olive oil. Maybe about 2/3 the recommended amount of soy (it turned out too dark and a little too salty, and emulsify with about half the amount of oil. In fact, I found that a cup of oil for the entire recipe was a bit too much. Other than that, delicious.

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