Tuna with wasabi lime butter sauce saltimbocca *jb
Yield: 4 Servings MMM
Ingredients:
- 4 Thick (1-inch) tuna steaks -(each about 1/2 pound) Vegetable oil for brushing -tuna
- 1 1/2 ts Crushed black peppercorns
- 1 tb Minced fresh dill MMMMM---------------------------SAUCE--------------------------------
- 3 Scallions sliced thin (1/3 -cup)
- 1 ts Minced fresh coriander
- 1 1/2 tb Fresh lime juice
- 3 tb Soy sauce
- 1 1/2 tb Wasabi paste* (green -horseradish paste)
- 3/4 Stick (6 tablespoons) cold
Instructions:
-unsalted butter cut into -pieces * Available at Japanese markets and some specialty food shops. Prepare grill. Arrange tuna steaks in one layer in a shallow dish and lightly brush both sides with oil. Spread peppercorns and dill evenly on both sides of tuna and marinate for 20 minutes. Grill tuna on an oiled rack set about 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals 3 minutes on each side for medium-rare fish. (Alternatively grill tuna in a preheated oiled well-seasoned ridged grill pan.) Serve tuna with sauce. Make sauce while tuna marinates: In a heavy saucepan combine scallions coriander lime juice soy sauce and wasabi paste and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and whisk in butter 1 piece at a time lifting pan from heat occasionally to cool mixture and adding each new piece before previous one has melted completely. (Do not allow sauce to simmer. Sauce should not get hot enough to separate.) Serves 4 From Saltimbocca in Vancouver British Columbia. Gourmet November 1994 You Asked For It Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #2.TXT
