Tuna, Fresh Mozzarella, and Basil Pizza

Name: Tuna, Fresh Mozzarella, and Basil Pizza
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 227 grams ahi tuna steak, cut crosswise into twelve 1/4-inch-thick slices; 4 cherry tomatoes, quartered; 12 larges fresh basil leaves; 1 teaspoon minced peeled fresh ginger; 113 grams fresh mozzarella cheese, cut into 12 thin slices, drained on several layers of paper towels; 4 larges green onions, chopped; 4 Kalamata olives, pitted, quartered; 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil plus additional for brushing and drizzling; 1 sheet frozen puff pastry (half of 17.3-ounce package), thawed; 2 radishes, thinly sliced

Tuna, Fresh Mozzarella, and Basil Pizz If you have ginger, kalamatan olives, radishes, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the puff pas

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Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 400°F.

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Roll out puff pastry on floured work surface to 11-inch square. Using 4 1/2-inch bowl as guide, cut out 4 rounds from pastry.

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Puff Pastry Sheets

Roll

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Bowl

Transfer pastry to large ungreased baking sheet, spacing apart.

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Baking Sheet

Place another baking sheet atop pastry rounds to weigh down slightly.

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Baking Sheet

Bake until pastry is golden brown and baked through, about 20 minutes. Uncover pastry and cool completely. DO AHEAD: Pastry can be made 6 hours ahead.

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Oven

Let stand at room temperature.

Preheat oven to 400°F.

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Heat 2 teaspoons olive oil in medium nonstick skillet over medium heat.

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Olive Oil

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Frying Pan

Add green onions; sauté until soft but not brown, about 2 minutes.

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Green Onions

Remove from heat. Divide green onions among pastry rounds.

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Green Onions

Brush tuna lightly with olive oil; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Alternate 3 tuna slices, 3 mozzarella slices, and 3 basil leaves in concentric circles, slightly overlapping, atop green onions on each pastry round. Scatter tomatoes, olives, and radish slices over each.

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Salt And Pepper

Fresh Basil

Green Onions

Mozzarella

Olive Oil

Tomato

Olives

Radish

Tuna

Sprinkle each with ginger and drizzle with olive oil.

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Olive Oil

Ginger

Bake just until tuna is opaque around edges but still translucent in center, about 3 minutes.

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Tuna

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Transfer to plates.

With the pizza, pour a rosé. Try the Domaine Le Galantin 2006 Bandol Rosé ($17), which has stone fruit, mineral, and rose petal flavors.

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Rose Wine

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Servings:

227grams

ahi tuna steak, cut crosswise into twelve 1/4-inch-thick slices 4

cherry tomatoes, quartered 12larges

fresh basil leaves 1teaspoon

minced peeled fresh ginger 113grams

fresh mozzarella cheese, cut into 12 thin slices, drained on several layers of paper towels 4larges

green onions, chopped 4

Kalamata olives, pitted, quartered 2teaspoons

extra-virgin olive oil plus additional for brushing and drizzling 1sheet

frozen puff pastry (half of 17.3-ounce package), thawed 2

radishes, thinly sliced

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 Beringer Howell Mountain Bancroft Ranch Merlot. It has 4.2 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 35 dollars.