Fried Tuna With Honey (atun Frito Con Miel)

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs tuna steaks, 1 inch thick
• kosher salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
• 1 pinch of crumbled saffron thread
• 1/4 cup honey
• flour
• olive oil

Recipe

• 1 sprinkle tuna steaks with salt and let stand for 10 minutes.
• 2 combine eggs with ground cumin, parsley flakes, and saffron and whisk together in a shallow dish.
• 3 spread each side of tuna steaks with honey, dredge in flour, then dip in egg mixture.
• 4 pour about 1/8 inch of olive oil into fry pan and heat over medium-high heat. then cook to desired doneness, turning over at midpoint. the late chef casas suggests cooking the steaks 4--5 minutes per side. however, jmho, a shorter cooking time, more like 2-3 minutes per side, keeps the tuna medium rare to rare.