Seared Tuna with Caramelized Onions and Melon

Name: Seared Tuna with Caramelized Onions and Melon (Bonito a la Plancha con Cebolletas Caramelizadas y Melón)
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 1 tbsp red peppercorns; 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil.; 1 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for cooking; 2 tbsp cider vinegar; ½ sweet melon, cut into 16 balls or dice; 16 button onions or shallots, peeled but left whole; 16 button onions or shallots, peeled but left whole; 1 tbsp chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; Pinch of ground ginger; Pinch of salt; 4 x 175 g/6 oz tuna steaks, at room temperature; 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 10 cornichons or tiny gherkins (dill pickles); 10 cornichons or tiny gherkins (dill pickles); 10 cornichons or tiny gherkins (dill pickles)

Bonito a la Plancha con Cebolletas Caramelizadas y Melón

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food of Northern Spain

By Jenny Chandler

Published 2005

About

This recipe was inspired by a trip to the legendary Arzak restaurant in San Sebastián. Juan Mari Arzak, one of the founding fathers of the Nueva Cocina, and his daughter Elena are a dynamic team, constantly inventing breathtaking combinations of local Basque ingredients and exotic new flavours.

The original recipe involved all sorts of intricacies such as ligh

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Europe
Spain
San Sebastián
Navarre
Galicia
Asturias
Fish course
Pescatarian
Catalonia
Mediterranean
Gluten-free

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