Herb Seared Tuna Carpaccio

Name: Herb Seared Tuna Carpaccio
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 150 ml/5 fl oz olive oil; 400 g/14 oz fully trimmed piece of tuna preferably about 10cm/4in long by 6cm/2½in square; salt and freshly ground white pepper; salt and freshly ground white pepper; 10 g/¼ oz unsalted butter; 15 g/½ oz finely chopped mixed herbs, e.g. chervil, dill, tarragon, parsley, coriander, chives; 15 g/½ oz finely chopped mixed herbs, e.g. chervil, dill, tarragon, parsley, coriander, chives; 15 g/½ oz finely chopped mixed herbs, e.g. chervil, dill, tarragon, parsley, coriander, chives; 15 g/½ oz finely chopped mixed herbs, e.g. chervil, dill, tarragon, parsley, coriander, chives; 15 g/½ oz finely chopped mixed herbs, e.g. chervil, dill, tarragon, parsley, coriander, chives; 15 g/½ oz finely chopped mixed herbs, e.g. chervil, dill, tarragon, parsley, coriander, chives; 15 g/½ oz finely chopped mixed herbs, e.g. chervil, dill, tarragon, parsley, coriander, chives; 85 g/3 oz mashed potato; 55 ml/2 fl oz plain yoghurt; 75 ml/2½ fl oz fish stock; ½ clove garlic; 55 ml/2 fl oz whipping cream; 175 g/6 oz picked and washed rocket leaves; 55 g/2 oz shaved Parmesan

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Feast of Fish 2

By Ian McAndrew

Published 1999

About

Served thinly sliced on a salad of rocket and shaved Parmesan with a top quality olive oil, it makes a wonderful first course or light lunch dish. Alternatively try it as in the recipe, with the same base but cooked on a little further and served with a tomato and avocado salsa.

Ingredients

150 ml/5 fl oz olive oil
400 g/14

Europe
United Kingdom
Starter
Lunch
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Heat 15ml/½fl oz of the oil in a frying pan until very hot; season the tuna well on all sides. Add the butter to the oil then sear the tuna in the hot fat for about 30 seconds on each side in order to lightly brown it and cook only the very outside 5mm/¼in.

Spread a sheet of cling film out taut, sprinkle the herbs over an area as long as the tuna and about 23-25cm/9-10in wide. While the