Thon Grille, Sauce Tomate

Name: Thon Grille, Sauce Tomate
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: several tablespoons of fresh herbs such as chervil, tarragon, chives and parsley, chopped very finely; 750 g (1½ lb) fresh tuna steaks, sliced 4 cm (½ inches) thick; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 1 garlic clove, finely chopped; salt and pepper; 6 good-flavoured tomatoes, skinned, de-seeded and chopped; 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Fresh tuna steaks with tomatoes

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

The Cooking of Provence

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1995

About

Ingredients

750 g (1½ lb) fresh tuna steaks, sliced 4 cm (½

Europe
France
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Rub the fish with pepper and the olive oil, then sprinkle with lemon juice and leave to marinate while you prepare the tomatoes. Combine the tomatoes, olive oil, garlic and half the herbs in a bowl and season with salt and pepper.

Preheat the grill to its highest temperature. Grill the tuna for only about 4 minutes each side, then season with salt. Try to get the outside of the steaks b