recipe - Tuna steaks with salsa verde and new potatoes - BBC Food
Tuna steaks with salsa verde and new potatoes
Serves 2
Ingredients
2 x 250g/9oz fresh tuna steaks
5 tbsp Italian olive oil
salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
2 handfuls of new potatoes, par-boiled until al dente then cooled
For the salsa verde
4 anchovy fillets
1 tbsp capers, roughly chopped
1 clove garlic, roughly chopped
½ lemon, zest and juice only
90ml/3fl oz olive oil
2 tbsp flatleaf parsley, chopped
1 tbsp basil, chopped
salt and freshly ground black pepper
Preparation
Marinate the tuna steaks in the olive oil, salt and pepper for at least two hours before cooking.
Preheat a griddle until hot and cook the tuna steaks for approximately two minutes on each side.
In the meantime, prepare the salsa verde. Place the anchovy fillets, capers and garlic into a mortar and pestle and pound until broken down.
Add the lemon zest and juice. Add the olive oil in a steady stream, whisking to combine.
Stir in the parsley and basil and season to taste with salt and black pepper.
Boil the new potatoes for 12-15 minutes.
Crush the potatoes with a fork and combine with half the salsa verde.
Serve the potatoes on the side of the plate and pour over the rest of the salsa verde. Serve with the tuna.
#recipe
from http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/tunasteakswithsalsav_74789
Serves 2
Ingredients
2 x 250g/9oz fresh tuna steaks
5 tbsp Italian olive oil
salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
2 handfuls of new potatoes, par-boiled until al dente then cooled
For the salsa verde
4 anchovy fillets
1 tbsp capers, roughly chopped
1 clove garlic, roughly chopped
½ lemon, zest and juice only
90ml/3fl oz olive oil
2 tbsp flatleaf parsley, chopped
1 tbsp basil, chopped
salt and freshly ground black pepper
Preparation
Marinate the tuna steaks in the olive oil, salt and pepper for at least two hours before cooking.
Preheat a griddle until hot and cook the tuna steaks for approximately two minutes on each side.
In the meantime, prepare the salsa verde. Place the anchovy fillets, capers and garlic into a mortar and pestle and pound until broken down.
Add the lemon zest and juice. Add the olive oil in a steady stream, whisking to combine.
Stir in the parsley and basil and season to taste with salt and black pepper.
Boil the new potatoes for 12-15 minutes.
Crush the potatoes with a fork and combine with half the salsa verde.
Serve the potatoes on the side of the plate and pour over the rest of the salsa verde. Serve with the tuna.
#recipe
from http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/tunasteakswithsalsav_74789
Comments
Post a Comment