Herb Seared Tuna with a Tomato and Avocado Salsa

Name: Herb Seared Tuna with a Tomato and Avocado Salsa
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 550 g/1 lb 4oz fully trimmed piece of tuna preferably about 10cm/6in long by 7.5cm/3in square; 20 g/¾ oz finely chopped mixed herbs e.g. chervil, dill, tarragon, parsley, coriander, chives; 20 g/¾ oz finely chopped mixed herbs e.g. chervil, dill, tarragon, parsley, coriander, chives; 20 g/¾ oz finely chopped mixed herbs e.g. chervil, dill, tarragon, parsley, coriander, chives; 20 g/¾ oz finely chopped mixed herbs e.g. chervil, dill, tarragon, parsley, coriander, chives; 20 g/¾ oz finely chopped mixed herbs e.g. chervil, dill, tarragon, parsley, coriander, chives; 20 g/¾ oz finely chopped mixed herbs e.g. chervil, dill, tarragon, parsley, coriander, chives; 2 plum tomatoes; ½ medium red onion; 2 small red chillies; juice of ½ lemon; ½ avocado; salt and freshly ground white pepper; salt and freshly ground white pepper; 100 ml/3½ fl oz olive oil; 2 tsp chopped chives; 15 g/½ oz unsalted butter; 115 g/4 oz mixed salad leaves e.g. frizzy, lollo rosso, rocket, chicory and red oak leaf; 115 g/4 oz mixed salad leaves e.g. frizzy, lollo rosso, rocket, chicory and red oak leaf; 115 g/4 oz mixed salad leaves e.g. frizzy, lollo rosso, rocket, chicory and red oak leaf; 115 g/4 oz mixed salad leaves e.g. frizzy, lollo rosso, rocket, chicory and red oak leaf; 115 g/4 oz mixed salad leaves e.g. frizzy, lollo rosso, rocket, chicory and red oak leaf; 115 g/4 oz mixed salad leaves e.g. frizzy, lollo rosso, rocket, chicory and red oak leaf

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Feast of Fish 2

By Ian McAndrew

Published 1999

About

Ingredients

60 ml/2 fl oz olive oil
550 g/1

Europe
United Kingdom
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Follow the recipe for the herb seared carpaccio up to the point where the tuna has been seared, wrapped in the herbs and cling film and then refrigerated.

Blanch, skin and de-seed the tomatoes, and cut them into 1cm/½in dice; cut the red onion into similar-sized dice and mix with the tomatoes. Split the chillies in two and remove the seeds; chop t