Fresh Tuna Salad with Avocado

Name: Fresh Tuna Salad with Avocado
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 340 grams tuna steak, cut 1 inch thick; 2 fillets anchovy fillets, minced; 1 Tbsp black peppercorns; 2 Tbsps capers, drained and chopped; 2 celery ribs, sliced crosswise 1/4 inch thick; 1 Tbsp fennel seeds; 1 garlic clove, minced; 4 Hass avocados, halved and pitted; 2 Tbsps fresh lemon juice; 118 milliliters mayonnaise; 79 milliliters pitted oil-cured black olives, chopped; 118 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil; 1 small red onion, finely diced; 4 servings Salt

Fresh Tuna Salad with Avocado is a gluten free, dairy free, whole 30, and pescatarian recipe with 4 servings. One serving contains 924 calories, 26g of protein, and 84g of fat. This recipe covers 41% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as a pricey main course. This recipe from Food and Wine requires lemon juice, salt, celery ribs, and capers. To use up the lemon juice you could follow this main course with the Lemon Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Icing From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 30 minutes.

Instructions

In a medium saucepan, combine the olive oil, fennel seeds and peppercorns and bring to a simmer over moderately low heat. Season the tuna with salt and add it to the saucepan. Simmer the tuna steak over low heat, turning once, until barely pink in the center, about 15 minutes.

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Fennel Seeds

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Tuna Steak

Olive Oil

Salt

Tuna

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Sauce Pan

Transfer to a plate and scrape off the fennel and peppercorns. Strain and reserve the oil.

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Peppercorns

Fennel

Cooking Oil

Meanwhile, in a large bowl, blend the mayonnaise with the minced anchovies, capers, garlic and 1 tablespoon of the fresh lemon juice. Stir the celery, onion and olives into the dressing. Using a fork, break the tuna into 1-inch pieces, then fold into the dressing. Season with salt.

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Lemon Juice

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Capers

Celery

Garlic

Olives

Onion

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Tuna

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Set 2 avocado halves on each of 4 plates, skin side down.

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Avocado

Drizzle the avocado flesh with some of the reserved spice-infused olive oil and the remaining 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice. Spoon about 1/2 cup of the tuna salad into the center of each avocado half. Top the tuna salad with the pea shoots or alfalfa sprouts and serve.

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Avocado

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Servings:

340grams

tuna steak, cut 1 inch thick 2fillets

anchovy fillets, minced 1Tbsp

black peppercorns 2Tbsps

capers, drained and chopped 2

celery ribs, sliced crosswise 1/4 inch thick 1Tbsp

fennel seeds 1

garlic clove, minced 4

Hass avocados, halved and pitted 2Tbsps

fresh lemon juice 118milliliters

mayonnaise 79milliliters

pitted oil-cured black olives, chopped 118milliliters

extra-virgin olive oil 1small

red onion, finely diced 4servings

Salt

Recommended wine: Merlot, Pinot Noir, Rose Wine

Tuna works really well with Merlot, Pinot Noir, and rosé Wine. Though fish is often paired with white wine, 'meatier' fish like tuna can absolutely go with red wine. A Rosé will also pair nicely, particularly if your tunan is prepared with ingredients better suited to a white wine. The Beringer Howell Mountain Bancroft Ranch Merlot with a 4.2 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 35 dollars per bottle.