Seared Tuna With Chili

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 tuna steaks
• 1 teaspoon thyme, chopped
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 4 roma tomatoes, finely chopped
• 2 ounces arugula, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon capers, finely chopped
• 2 ounces parsley, finely chopped
• 14 ounces chopped tomatoes
• 1 red chili pepper
• 4 ounces sugar
• 7 tablespoons water
• 1 pinch salt & freshly ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 the marinade:.
• 2 mix the thyme, lemon juice, garlic and olive oil together.
• 3 rub the marinade into the tuna steaks and set aside.
• 4 the dressing:.
• 5 gently heat the sugar and water in a small saucepan into the mixture dissolves into a syrup.
• 6 blend together the chopped tomatoes and chili.
• 7 sieve the tomato paste and place in a saucepan before adding the syrup you made earlier.
• 8 cook briskly until reduced to a thick syrup.
• 9 set aside to cool.
• 10 the salsa:.
• 11 mix together the arugula, capers, tomatoes and parsley.
• 12 preheat a griddle and place the tuna on the hot griddle pan and cook for 2 minutes on both sides.
• 13 place the griddled tuna in the centre of a serving plate and spoon most of the tomato dressing over the tuna steaks.
• 14 spoon the marinade and the remaining dressing round the edge of the plate.
• 15 top the tuna with the salsa.