Tuna “Gravlax”

Preparation info
  • 10 to 12

    portions
    • Difficulty

      Complex

Appears in

By Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso

Published 1989

  • About

For this recipe, it is important that you use very fresh tuna. For a more pronounced flavor, continue marinating the steaks for one more day, turning them once a day. Serve the tuna thinly sliced, on a bed of cucumber slices and garnished with wedges of lemon or lime.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 tablespoon coarse (kosher) salt
  • 1 ta

Method

  1. Toss the sugar, salt, and wasabi powder together in a small bowl. Rub 1 tablespoon of this mixture into each side of the tuna steaks.
  2. On a noncorrodible plate, sprinkle ¼ cup of the scallions. Cover with 1 steak. Sprinkle the steak with another