Seared Tuna Puttanesca with Fennel Fritters

Name: Seared Tuna Puttanesca with Fennel Fritters
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 680 grams tuna steaks, cut about 1 1/4 inches thick; 2 marinated white anchovies (see Note), finely chopped; 8 marinated white anchovies, for garnish (see Note); 4 Calamata olives, pitted and finely chopped; 1 teaspoons chopped capers; 1 teaspoon drained capers, chopped; 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard; 2 larges eggs; 2 mediums fennel bulbs, trimmed and quartered; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 garlic clove, quartered; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 59 milliliters milk; 118 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil; 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 2 Tbsps red wine vinegar; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground pepper; 1 small shallot, minced; 227 grams sugar snap peas; 1 teaspoons chopped thyme; 1 large tomato—peeled, seeded and chopped; 1 medium tomato, cut into 1/2-inch dice; 4 servings Vegetable oil, for frying

Seared Tuna Puttanesca with Fennel Fritters is a pescatarian main course. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains approximately 56g of protein, 49g of fat, and a total of 928 calories. This recipe covers 53% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have thyme, olive oil, garlic clove, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the flour you could follow this main course with the Apple Tart with Caramel Sauce as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a blender, puree the tomato with the vinegar, mustard and garlic. With the blender on, slowly pour in the olive oil until smooth. Scrape the sauce into a bowl. Stir in the chopped anchovies, olives and capers and season the puttanesca with salt and pepper.

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In a medium saucepan of boiling salted water, blanch the sugar snaps until crisp-tender, about 2 minutes.

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Drain and refresh in cold water. Reserve the blanching water.

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Heat the olive oil in a large skillet.

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Add the garlic and shallot and cook over low heat until softened, about 2 minutes.

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Add the tomato and sugar snaps and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes.

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Sugar

Add the thyme and capers and season with salt and pepper.

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Remove from the heat.

Preheat the oven to 30

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Bring the sugar snap blanching water back to a boil.

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Add the fennel quarters and cook until tender, about 8 minutes.

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Drain and let cool. Pat dry with paper towels.

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Put the flour in a shallow bowl and season generously with salt and pepper. Crack the eggs into another shallow bowl and beat them with the milk. In a medium saucepan, heat 1 inch of vegetable oil to 35

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Dredge the fennel in the flour, then dip the wedges in the beaten eggs and dredge again in the flour. Working in 2 batches, fry the fennel, turning once, until golden brown, about 3 minutes.

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Transfer the fennel to a rack set over a rimmed baking sheet and keep warm in the oven.

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Light a grill or preheat a grill pan. Rub the tuna steaks with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill over high heat until deeply browned outside and rare in the center, about 3 minutes per side.

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Transfer the tuna to a cutting board and cut each steak into 1/3-inch-thick slices.

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Reheat the sugar snaps and spoon them onto plates.

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Lay the sliced tuna on the plates and drizzle the puttanesca sauce around the fish. Set 2 fennel fritters on each plate, garnish with the whole anchovies and serve at once.

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Recommended wine: Merlot, Pinot Noir, Rose Wine

Merlot, Pinot Noir, and rosé Wine are great choices for Tuna. 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. One wine you could try is Francis Ford Coppola Diamond Collection Merlot. It has 4 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 20 dollars.