Minas Tartare Of Ahi Tuna Food

GINGER AHI TUNA TARTARE RECIPE

Steps:

• Combine all of the ingredients except for the salt. Cover with plastic and let the flavors come together in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes and up to 2 hours. (Two hours is ideal.)
• Season to taste with salt and serve. (Here's How to Season to Taste.) Serve with chips, lettuce leaves, wonton crisps, or on a plate!

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.

AHI TUNA TARTARE WITH HERBED BROWN BUTTER AND FRESH APPLES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, add the tuna, shallot, ginger, lemon zest, lemon juice, olive oil, sesame oil, salt, and pepper, and toss gently. Add the diced Granny smith apples and toss to coat.
• In a small saute pan over high heat, melt the butter and cook it until it turns a deep rich brown. As soon as the butter turns brown, stir in the parsley, tarragon, and chives and remove from the heat. Spoon the butter over the tuna mixture and serve immediately with 1 apple slice on the side.

AHI TUNA PARFAIT WITH TWO CAVIARS

Steps:

• To make the vinaigrette, combine the mustard, vinegar, oil, and tobiko in a small bowl. Season with the salt and pepper and whisk lightly.
• In a small chilled bowl, whip the cream until stiff peaks form. Reserve.
• Fill a large bowl with ice. Place a medium bowl in the ice and add the tuna, Tabasco sauce, chopped chives, and olive oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste and mix lightly.
• Spray the insides of four 1- to 1 1/2-inch ring molds, or tuna cans with tops and bottoms removed, with nonstick cooking spray. Layer the tuna mixture and caviars in the molds as follows: one-eighth of the tuna, one-fourth of the tobiko, one-eighth of the tuna, one-fourth of the osetra. Press down lightly on the parfaits after each layer with the bottom of a Tabasco bottle (it's the perfect size) or the butt end of a whisk. Top the layers with a thin layer of the cream, smooth to cover, and unmold cream side up onto white serving plates. Or use the Tabasco bottle to push the parfaits from the bottom, then carefully lift them onto a plate. Garnish each portion with 2 chives. Drizzle the vinaigrette around and serve with demitasse spoons.

MINA'S TARTARE OF AHI TUNA

Steps:

• Cut the tuna into small cubes. Be sure that no sinew is left behind. Store chilled. Remove the seeds and pith from the chilies, reserve. Dice the chilies into a fine brunoise and mix the colors together. Add the chili seeds and scraps to the sesame oil. Heat very lightly and allow the chilies to infuse the oil. Strain through a fine mesh strainer when the desired heat is achieved. Cool. When all of the other ingredients are prepared you are ready to plate. To plate Be sure that the plates are well chilled to ensure the dish is served cold. Working with 2½"x3" ring mold pack the tuna firmly and evenly in the mold. Unmold into the center of the plate being sure to make a small indention with your finger in the center of the top. This will give the egg a resting place. Drain the pears thoroughly and place 2T at the 9 o'clock potion. Place about1 ½ t of the minced chilies at 7 o'clock, 1/16 t of garlic at 5 o'clock and 1 ½ T of pine nuts at 3 o'clock. Adjust these amounts depending on your personal taste. Season with about 1/3 T salt and a pinch of white pepper over the top of each plate. Sprinkle evenly with ancho powder and mint. Place a quail egg yolk atop of the tuna mold. Drizzle 3-4T of the infused sesame oil on top of and around each plate. Serve with toast points (crusts removed). To serve Using a fork and spoon, mix the ingredients vigorously into front of the guests. Or get everyone involved in the process. When everything is well mixed reshape the tuna into an appealing shape i.e. Square or triangle.

AHI TARTARE

Steps:

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

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.

AHI TUNA TARTAR

Steps:

• Lightly toast the nori sheets over a gas flame or under the broiler for a few seconds. Lay 1 sheet on a work surface. Spread evenly with half of the rice. Spread half of the wasabi down the center of the rice. Tightly roll up the nori and cut across into 1/2-inch thick rounds. Set aside.
• Mix together all of the tuna ingredients and mound on top of the nori rounds. Serve immediately.

AHI TUNA TARTARE

Steps:

• Marinade Ahi Tuna for at least one hour.
• Slice Ahi Tuna steak into small chunks and place evenly in a small cup depending on the size of the desired product so that it is covered.
• Slice Avocoado into small chunks similar to size of Ahi Tuna Chunks and place an even layer in the cup on top of the Ahi Tuna at equal thickness.
• Mix Cabbage with Wasabi Cream until evenly coated but not drenched and place on top of avocado in an even layer slightly thicker than the Avocado layer.
• Press down firmly in the cup to mold the Tartare. Flip cup over and tap on top so molded Tartare comes out in one piece.
• Sprinkle on Sesame Chili Powder and Green Onion on top of the Tartare and Serve with Plum Wine.