AHI TUNA ON GRILLED PINEAPPLE W/LIME MUSTARD

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From *The Carnival Experience* by Peter Leypold (Exec Chef of Carnival Cruise Lines), this starter course or appy is elegant, incredibly good & an easy-fix that esp appeals to me as it is made ahead & served cold to the table in a flash. I promise you & your guests will love this!

Provided by twissis

Categories     Fruit

Time 20m

Yield 6 Appy Servings, 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 teaspoon lime juice
2 tablespoons English mustard or 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1/2 fresh pineapple
12 ounces fresh ahi tuna
2 tablespoons butter

Steps:

  • Mix lime juice w/mustard & set aside.
  • FOR PINEAPPLE:.
  • Halve pineapple from side-to-side & reserve top half for another use. Peel bottom half of pineapple, remove center core & cut into 6 rd slices.
  • Heat stove-top grill or grill pan & grill pineapple slices till lightly browned. Remove from heat, brush w/lime mustard & set aside to chill.
  • FOR TUNA: Cut tuna into 12 1 oz chunks, sear the tuna chunks in the butter & set aside to chill.
  • TO SERVE: Place 2 chunks of the tuna on ea pineapple slice & serve cold sprinkled w/sea salt & lime zest as desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 152.1, Fat 7.7, SaturatedFat 3.2, Cholesterol 31.7, Sodium 50, Carbohydrate 6.3, Fiber 1.1, Sugar 3.9, Protein 14.4

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