Hello again everyone. Today I have a cooking demonstration for school. It will be video taped and everything. Get ready Food Network your next star is born! I will see if i can post the tape tomorrow.

The recipe I am doing for this demonstration is a not following my normal seasonal trends but is so tasty I felt i had to share it.

Pan Seared Ginger Crusted Tuna Accompanied by a Mango Citrus Salsa

This dish takes about 30 minutes all together to prepare and all of the ingredients can be found at your local grocery store.

The best time of year to cook this dish would be spring and summer because of the light flavors. I personally would eat it year round simply because its tuna.

Serving: 2

Ingredients: U.S Standard

Orange, segmented* 1 each
Lime, segmented* 2 each
Mango, small dice 1 each
Tomato, roma, small dice 2 each
Red onion, small dice 1 each
Green Pepper, small dice ½ each
Yellow Pepper, small dice ½ each
Mint, chiffonaude 2 tbsp
Cilantro, chiffonaude 2 tbsp
Jalapeno pepper, small dice 2 each
White vinegar 2 tbsp
Lime juice 2 tbsp
Rice wine ¼ cup
Lime zest 1 tbsp
Tuna 8 ounce
Sesame Oil 2 tsp
Salt TT
Pepper TT
Powdered Ginger TT

Method of preparation

1. Gather all ingredients and equipment

2. Combine first 14 ingredients in a bowl and mix with a spoon until well mixed. Adjust season with salt and pepper.

3. Heat a pan over high heat

4. While the pan is heating, rub sesame oil on the tuna and season with salt, pepper, and ginger and set aside.

5. Test the pan to see if it is the correct heat by placing a small corner of the tuna on the pan. If a loud sizzle sound happens the pan is ready.

6. Sear the tuna on each side until it is golden brown and a doneness of medium rare is achieved, about 2 minutes per side.

7. To plate. Place salsa on the center of the plate a thinly slice the tuna and fan around the salsa. The dish can be accompanied by white or brown rice.

Chefs notes:

* To segment a citrus fruit. Cut the rind of with a French knife so no white from the rind is left on the fruit. Following the natural segments of the fruit cut into each natural segment cut at an inward angle on each side of the segment to release the piece of fruit. The piece of fruit removed is called a segment. Repeat the process until there are no segments left of the fruit.


Enjoy!