Five-Pepper Tuna Steaks with Salsa

Name: Five-Pepper Tuna Steaks with Salsa
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: mixed peppercorns (black, white, green, Sichuan) 1 tbsp; lime juice 1 tbsp; allspice berries ¼ tsp; tuna steaks 2 (2.5 cm/1 in thick), each weighing about 175 g/6 oz; tomatoes 3, deseeded and diced; lime juice a squeeze; cucumber 7 cm/2¾ in, peeled, deseeded and diced; avocado ½, diced; red onion ½, diced; coriander a small handful, stems discarded, leaves sliced; sea salt flakes a pinch; olive oil 1 tbsp

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pepper

By Christine McFadden

Published 2008

About

This is so easy and quick – perfect for when you want to cook a special supper for someone but don’t want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen. The cooling salsa counteracts the heat of the peppery crust.

Ingredients

mixed peppercorns (black, white, green, Sichuan) 1 tbsp
all

Fish course
Supper
Pescatarian
Spicy
Gluten-free

Method

Combine all the salsa ingredients in a small serving bowl and set aside.

Using a mortar and pestle, grind the peppercorns and allspice berries to a coarse powder.

Massage the tuna steaks with lime juice and then the olive oil. Press the crushed spices onto both sides of the fish to form a crust. Sprinkle with a