Here’s
another tuna-based food: yes, tuna is very common in Italy and we often eat it
because it’s very tasty and good for lots of dishes. For this one we eat Tuna
with a fresh basil and orange sauce.
Ingredients (Imperial & Metric) – Party of 4
- 400g (14 oz)Fresh Tuna Fillets
- 7-8 Basil Leaves
- 2 oranges
- 45g. (3 Tablespoons)Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Method:
- To prepare the sauce, put in a mixer the basil leaves, the oranges without the skin and half glass of fresh water and mix them for 1-2 minutes.
- Cut the tuna fillets into "sticks" approx 2 inches wide, 2 inches thick and as long as the fillet is.
- Grease a nonstick pan with a towel soaked in olive oil
- Cook the tuna “sticks” just 1-2 minutes each side (Tuna should be still raw at the centre)
- Once cooked, slice the sticks to obtain approximately cubic pieces
- Serve them around a cup with the sauce (if you want to have a Japan-style table, prepare the dish just like in the picture)
Annotations: for health reasons I suggest you to
freeze your tuna fillet for 5 days before cooking it like this recipe suggest
you. This is because in this dish, the central part of our fillet must be raw,
and raw tuna may be dangerous if it's not properly blasted (with a blast
chiller, just like restaurants should do!!) or frozen (with domestic
machinery) for more days.
