Toasted Fennel Crusted Tuna with Rioja Red Wine Sauce, Caramelized Baby Onions and Braised Fennel

Name: Toasted Fennel Crusted Tuna with Rioja Red Wine Sauce, Caramelized Baby Onions and Braised Fennel
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 head fennel, quartered; 59 milliliters whole fennel seeds; 4 servings Chopped fresh parsley; 3 Tbsps granulated sugar; 1 Tbsp honey; 4 servings Lemon juice; 177 milliliters olive oil; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 4 servings Olive oil, to cook; 10 white pearl onions, scored, blanched and peeled; 237 milliliters port; 10 red pearl onions, scored, blanched and peeled; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground pepper; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste; 59 milliliters sugar; 4 fillets tuna fillets, 5 to 6 ounces each; 4 Tbsps unsalted butter; 237 milliliters vegetable stock; 118 milliliters water; 118 milliliters white wine; 473 milliliters Rioja red wine

Toasted Fennel Crusted Tuna with Rioja Red Wine Sauce, Caramelized Baby Onions and Braised Fennel is a gluten free and pescatarian recipe with 4 servings. This recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 4g of protein, 74g of fat, and a total of 1074 calories. Head to the store and pick up wine, port, parsley, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 50 minutes.

Instructions

Place port, wine, sugar and honey in a medium stainless steel saucepan and cook over high heat until reduced to 1/4 cup, let cool.

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Place reduced liquid in a blender and with the motor running, add oil until emulsified. Season with lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste.

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Salt And Pepper

Lemon Juice

Cooking Oil

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Place water, butter and sugar in a medium saucepan and cook until the butter and sugar is melted.

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Add onions and cook over high heat until the water has evaporated and the onions are cooked through and caramelized. Season with salt and pepper and lemon juice.

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Onion

Water

Heat a small saute pan over high heat.

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Add the fennel seeds and toast for 1 to 2 minutes.

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Fennel Seeds

Toast

Place the seeds in a coffee grinder and grind until coarsely chopped. Season the tuna with salt and pepper to taste on both sides. Dredge 1 side of each fillet in the fennel seeds.

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Fennel Seeds

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Tuna

Heat the oil in a large saute pan over high heat.

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Saute the tuna, fennel-side down until golden brown 1 to 2 minutes. Turn the fish over and continue cooking for 1 minute for rare doneness.

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Fennel

Fish

Tuna

Drizzle the fish with Rioja sauce and parsley.

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Rioja

Sauce

Fish

Serve with caramelized onions and braised fennel.

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Caramelized Onions

Fennel

For the Braised Fennel: Brown fennel in olive oil in medium pan. Deglaze pan with wine and stock. Season with salt and pepper. Cover and braise until tender.

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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. The Maddalena Merlot with a 4.8 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 19 dollars per bottle.