AHI TUNA AND PASTA WITH MUSHROOM BECHAMEL
I wanted to elevate this dish from the tuna can to the saute pan by creating something with pure ingredients, while maintaining a resemblance to the original texture and flavor profile. I replaced the fully cooked canned or pouch tuna in favor of fresh ahi tuna lightly seared with a rare center.
Provided by ChowSnobcom
Categories Main Dish Tuna
Time 45m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C) or the lowest setting. Set tuna fillets out on the counter to take the chill off.
- Prepare bechamel sauce by melting 3 tablespoons butter in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add flour and whisk constantly until a copper-colored paste (roux) forms. Slowly whisk in milk and stir constantly until heated through and thickened, about 5 minutes. Remove bechamel from the heat.
- Bring a large pot of generously salted water to a boil. Add gemelli and boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes.
- While the gemelli is cooking, heat 2 tablespoons butter and a drizzle of olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat until hot enough to hear a sizzle. Add mushrooms and saute until softened and golden brown, 5 to 7 minutes. Add Marsala wine and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat.
- Reheat the bechamel. Add the mushroom mixture and stir to combine.
- Drain gemelli and add to the Dutch oven. Stir to combine with the mushroom sauce mixture. Cover and transfer to the preheated oven to keep warm.
- Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil and remaining 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat until almost smoking. Add panko and saute until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and wipe out the hot skillet.
- Return the skillet to medium-high heat and add remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil; heat until just shimmering. Swirl the oil in the pan and add tuna fillets. Cover the skillet and sear tuna for 2 minutes. Flip and sear the other sides for 1 1/2 minutes.
- Immediately transfer tuna to a large cutting board and thinly slice across the grain. Plate tuna on warmed plates with gemelli and mushroom mixture. Garnish with panko and parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 845.7 calories, Carbohydrate 77.8 g, Cholesterol 114.7 mg, Fat 37.7 g, Fiber 3.5 g, Protein 45.6 g, SaturatedFat 16.7 g, Sodium 244.7 mg, Sugar 12.6 g
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