Seared fresh tuna nicoise

Name: Seared fresh tuna nicoise
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 4 min
Total time: 29 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Cooking Method
Ingredients: 600.00 g tuna steaks, fresh; fresh chillies 573; 16.00 cherry tomatoes; 100.00 g green beans blanched; 12.00 potatoes boiled, sliced; 2.00 eggs soft-boiled; 12.00 black olives; 1.00 red pepper small; 1.00 garlic cloves; 50.00 ml vinegar red wine; 1.00 lemon zest and juice; fresh basil; 100.00 ml fresh chillies 573

4 servings Prep: 25 mins, Cooking: 4 mins

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By Food24 November 03 2009

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Ingredients (13)

600.00 g	tuna — steaks, fresh
	fresh chillies — 573
16.00	cherry tomatoes
100.00 g	green beans — blanched
12.00	potatoes — boiled, sliced
2.00	eggs — soft-boiled
12.00	black olives

SAUCE

1.00	red pepper — small
1.00	garlic — cloves
50.00 ml	vinegar — red wine
1.00	lemon — zest and juice
	fresh basil
100.00 ml	fresh chillies — 573

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Method:

Brush tuna steaks with olive oil and sear on a hot griddle pan for 1-2 minutes. Turn and grill for another 1-2 minutes. Tuna should be pink inside.
Assemble a pile of salad ingredients on each plate. Season. Top with a tuna steak.
SAUCE: Char-grill or roast pepper and garlic. Peel.
Process together with vinegar, lemon rind and juice and basil leaves. Slowly add oil with motor running.
Pour over tuna salad.