Raw tuna

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By Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Mark Bittman

Published 2000

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Tuna has replaced beef as the most common animal food eaten raw, at least in our experience. Jean-Georges has long featured raw tuna in various forms on his menus: these are the most popular of those recipes.

They begin with the wonderful and simple tuna tartare. Next up are three dishes with Asian flavors—tuna and vegetables in a Vietnamese-style summer roll, a roll in which the wrapper is daikon radish, and a deep-fried spring roll in which the tuna stays nearly raw. Finally, there is the elegant tuna and fennel tart, baked just long enough to take the chill off the tuna.