Best Roasted Tuna With Grapefruit And Tarragon Recipes

REPUBLIC OF THE RIO GRANDE GRILLED TUNA AND GRAPEFRUIT SUPREME SALAD

Steps:

• Peel and segment 2 grapefruits; set aside. Squeeze the juice from the other half grapefruit into a measuring cup; it should yield about 1/4 cup of juice.
• To make the salad dressing, combine the grapefruit juice, vinegar, oil, garlic, salt, freshly ground black pepper to taste, and minced jalapeño in a medium bowl; mix well. Cover and refrigerate the salad dressing.
• Place the tuna steaks in a shallow dish. Pour 1 tablespoon of dressing over each piece of tuna. Turn the tuna in the marinade to coat. Cover with plastic wrap, or place all of the tuna steaks and marinade in a plastic bag, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Light the grill. Remove the tuna from the refrigerator and allow to come to room temperature. Grill for about 4 minutes per inch of thickness for rare, 6 minutes for medium or until done to taste, turning at least once.
• To serve, toss the greens with the salad dressing in a mixing bowl. Divide the dressed greens among 4 plates. Top each with a grilled tuna steak, then sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper. Spread grapefruit supremes over the top of the salad. Garnish with the cilantro and red onion slices.

FRESH TUNA TARRAGON

Steps:

• M arinate tuna steaks in white wine to cover for 2 hours.
• Drain.
• To the marinade, add tarragon and let soak.
• Dry steaks; dust lightly with flour.
• Sprinkle salt on and saute in oil on both sides until brown.
• Add the wine-tarragon mixture; cook at high heat. Remove fish to a hot platter.
• Pour sauce over and serve at once. Serves 4 to 6.

TARRAGON TUNA SALAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the tuna, celery and onion. Combine the mayonnaise, parsley, lemon juice, tarragon, mustard and pepper. Stir into tuna mixture. If desired, serve on lettuce leaves.

ROAST TUNA WITH ONIONS AND LEMON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450°.
• Put half the olive oil in a medium skillet or saucepan and turn the heat to medium; a minute later, add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes; add the garlic and chile, stirring occasionally, for about 1 minute.
• Turn off the heat and stir in the parsley, thyme, and bread crumbs, along with some salt and pepper to taste.
• Layer half the lemon slices in the bottom of a small roasting pan.
• Rub the fish with the remaining olive oil, sprinkle it with salt and pepper, and place it in the pan.
• Put the onion mixture and remaining lemon slices on top of the fish.
• Roast the fish until done, about 10 minutes for medium-rare (cut into it and take a look).
• Drizzle with the lemon juice and a little more olive oil and serve hot or at room temperature.