Chilled Early Girl Tomato Soup With Ahi Tuna Tartare Food

AHI TARTARE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients except potato chips together in a bowl. Serve immediately over potato chips.

TUNA TARTARE ON FRIED POTATO GAUFRETTES

Steps:

• Preheat a deep pot of oil or a deep fryer to 325 degrees F.
• In a bowl, combine the tuna, green onions, ginger, wasabi, sesame oil, soy sauce and lime juice, and mix until well blended. Taste and adjust seasoning with lime juice or soy sauce. Set bowl over ice.
• Deep-fry the potato gaufrettes until crisp and golden. Drain onto a paper towel lined plate and season with salt.
• Place a spoonful of the tuna tartare on one end of each potato gaufrette. Repeat process until you have enough to arrange on a serving platter. Serve immediately.

BAJA-STYLE AHI TUNA TARTARE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, whisk together the olive oil, soy sauce and lime juice.
• Add the diced tuna, cucumber, capers, sesame seeds, olives and cilantro. Carefully toss to combine.
• Divide the tartare between 4 chilled serving bowls and serve with tostadas.

TUNA TARTARE

Steps:

• Cut the tuna into 1/4-inch dice and place it in a very large bowl. In a separate bowl, combine the olive oil, lime zest, lime juice, wasabi, soy sauce, hot red pepper sauce, salt, and pepper. Pour over the tuna, add the scallions and jalapeno, and mix well. Cut the avocados in half, remove the seed, and peel. Cut the avocados into 1/4-inch dice. Carefully mix the avocado into the tuna mixture. Add the toasted sesame seeds, if using, and season to taste. Allow the mixture to sit in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour for the flavors to blend. Serve on crackers.

TOKYO TUNA TARTARE

Steps:

• Keeping the tuna very cold, toss gently with the scallion, cucumber and a bit of sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. In another bowl whisk the soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ginger, garlic and Ginger Oil until well blended. Add to the fish mixture and toss to dress well.
• Cut the nori into 1 1/2-inch rounds and mound the tartare mixture by the teaspoonful onto the nori rounds. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve immediately. Alternatively it can be served on an ice cold plate lined with lettuce leaves and garnished with marinated seaweed and sesame seeds, as an appetizer.