Tuna Spiedini

Name: Tuna Spiedini
Prep time: 1 h 12 min
Cook time: 1 h 12 min
Total time: 1 h 12 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 12 bamboo skewers, soaked in water for 30 minutes; 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 12 cherry tomatoes; 2 fennel bulbs; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh rosemary leaves; 1 clove garlic, minced; 12 green onions, trimmed; 1 lemon, juiced; 1 lemon, zested; 2 lemons; 177 milliliters extra-virgin olive oil; 1 large red onion; 1 teaspoon salt; 454 grams tuna, cut into 1-inch cubes, about 24 pieces

Tuna Spiedini might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains around 25g of protein, 34g of fat, and a total of 449 calories. This gluten free, dairy free, and primal recipe serves 6. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 12 minutes. If you have bamboo skewers, lemon zest, tuna, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

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Mix together all the marinade ingredients in a medium bowl.

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Marinade

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Bowl

For the skewers: Toss the cubed tuna in the marinade and let sit in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil over high heat.

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Marinade

Water

Tuna

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Skewers

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Add the green onions and cook until tender but still firm to the bite, about 1 to 2 minutes.

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Green Onions

Transfer the green onions to a medium bowl of ice water. When the green onions are cool, pat dry with paper towels. Trim the stalks and the root end off the fennel. Halve the fennel lengthwise then cut each half into 3 pieces.

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Green Onions

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Fennel

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Cut each lemon into 6 pieces.

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Lemon

Cut the red onion in half from stem to root end.

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Red Onion

Cut each half in half again lengthwise and cut each quarter into thirds. There should be 12 pieces of each vegetable.

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Vegetable

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

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Remove the tuna and toss the vegetables in the marinade. Thread each skewer starting with a tomato. Then begin to thread the green onion starting with the tip of the white end.

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Green Onions

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Tomato

Tuna

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Skewers

Add a piece of tuna. Keeping the ingredients near to the top of the skewer, ribbon the green onion around a piece of tuna and back through the skewer. Next add the red onion, and ribbon the green onion around again and onto the skewer. Next add another piece of tuna, and ribbon the green onion around again and onto the skewer. Next add a piece of fennel, and ribbon the green onion around for the final time. Top with a piece of lemon. Center the ingredients on the skewer.

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Green Onions

Red Onion

Fennel

Lemon

Tuna

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Skewers

Place on a baking sheet.

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Sprinkle both sides with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

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Ground Black Pepper

Salt

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.

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Serve warm.

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Servings:

bamboo skewers, soaked in water for 30 minutes 1teaspoon

freshly ground black pepper 12

cherry tomatoes 2

fennel bulbs 2Tbsps

chopped fresh rosemary leaves 1clove

garlic, minced 12

green onions, trimmed 1

lemon, juiced 1

lemon, zested 2

lemons 177milliliters

extra-virgin olive oil 1large

red onion 1teaspoon

salt 454grams

tuna, cut into 1-inch cubes, about 24 pieces

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. One wine you could try is Maddalena Merlot. It has 4.8 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 19 dollars.

Maddalena Merlot

Maddalena Merlot offers aromas of ripe fruit and oak spice with hints of vanilla and anise. Ripe fruit flavors include bright plum and raspberry. Fruit flavors greet the palate and soft tannins frame the fresh texture that coats the mouth.