Tuna Steak au Poivre with White Beans and Bitter Greens Salad

Name: Tuna Steak au Poivre with White Beans and Bitter Greens Salad
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 680 grams 1 1/2-inch thick) tuna steaks; 2 cans cannellini beans, rinsed and drained; 4 servings Coarse salt; 4 servings Coarse salt and pepper; 1 head escarole, cleaned and shredded; 1 handful chopped flat-leaf parsley, chopped; 2 sprigs fresh rosemary, leaves stripped and finely chopped; 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 1 lemon, juiced; 4 servings Lemon wedges, for passing; 2 Tbsps (2 turns around the pan in a slow stream) extra-virgin olive oil; 4 servings Extra-virgin olive oil, to coat; 4 servings Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling; 1 small onion, chopped; 4 servings Coarse black pepper; 1 medium head radicchio, shredded

Tuna Steak au Poivre with White Beans and Bitter Greens Salad might be just the main course you are searching for. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian recipe has 857 calories, 59g of protein, and 44g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. A mixture of escarole, cannellini beans, coarse salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. It will be a hit at your valentin day event. Tuna Steak au Poivre with White Beans and Bitter Greens Salad, Broiled Flank Steak with Grilled Champagne Grapes and a Bitter Greens and Blue Cheese Salad, and Seared Tuna Steak Au Poivre are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

If you are planning to roast your red pepper, rather than use store bought, place your pepper under broiler to blacken. See red pepper method below.

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Red Pepper

Pepper

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Broiler

Preheat a large nonstick skillet over high heat. Pat tuna steaks dry and season with a little coarse salt.

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Coarse Salt

Tuna Steak

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Frying Pan

Drizzle extra virgin olive oil over tuna and lightly coat steaks on both sides. Coat 1 side of the steaks with a generous amount of coarse ground black pepper. When the pan is very hot, add steaks, peppered side down. Sear and brown steaks 2 minutes, then turn, and immediately reduce heat to medium. Loosely cover pan with aluminum foil tent and allow steaks to cook 5 minutes for rare, 7 minutes for medium. Steaks should be firm, but have a little give and some pink should remain at the center.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Ground Black Pepper

Steak

Tuna

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Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

In a second skillet over moderate heat, coat pan with olive oil, add garlic and onion, and saute 3 minutes to soften onion bits.

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Olive Oil

Garlic

Onion

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Frying Pan

Add beans and chopped roasted red pepper to the pan.

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Roasted Red Peppers

Beans

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Frying Pan

Heat beans through, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in rosemary and parsley and season beans with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Rosemary

Parsley

Beans

Combine escarole and radicchio in shallow dish. Coat greens with lemon juice, then a drizzle of oil. Season salad with coarse salt and toss well.

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Coarse Salt

Lemon Juice

Radicchio

Escarole

Greens

Cooking Oil

To serve, pile a serving of beans on a dinner plate and top with tuna steak.

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Tuna Steak

Beans

Serve salad greens along side beans and fish. You can also serve this with sliced bread that has been toasted and then rubbed with half a garlic clove.

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Whole Garlic Cloves

Greens

Sandwich Bread

Beans

Fish

To roast red peppers: Preheat broiler to high. Split and seed pepper and place skin side up close to hot broiler. Blacken skins of pepper.

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Red Pepper

Pepper

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Broiler

Transfer pepper to brown paper bag and seal.

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Pepper

Let pepper cool to handle. Peel charred skins away from pepper flesh.

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Pepper

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Broiler

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Aluminum Foil

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Servings:

680grams

1 1/2-inch thick) tuna steaks 2cans

cannellini beans, rinsed and drained 4servings

Coarse salt 4servings

Coarse salt and pepper 1head

escarole, cleaned and shredded 1handful

chopped flat-leaf parsley, chopped 2sprigs

fresh rosemary, leaves stripped and finely chopped 2cloves

garlic, finely chopped 1

lemon, juiced 4servings

Lemon wedges, for passing 2Tbsps

(2 turns around the pan in a slow stream) extra-virgin olive oil 4servings

Extra-virgin olive oil, to coat 4servings

Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling 1small

onion, chopped 4servings

Coarse black pepper 1medium head

radicchio, shredded

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 Provenance Vineyards Napa Valley Merlot. It has 4.2 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 34 dollars.