Best Tuna Confit Recipes

HERB CRUSTED SEARED TUNA WITH WASABI MAYONNAISE, GINGER CONFIT ON ENDIVE

Steps:

• Have tuna sliced as thick as possible cutting against the grain into 1 1/2-inch rectangular pieces. Rub the fish with olive oil and roll in thyme, peppercorns, salt, and pepper. On a very hot grill sear the fish on each side for 30 seconds to 1 minute depending upon the desired doneness. Set aside and slice into 1-inch thick pieces.
• For wasabi mayonnaise, start with 1 tablespoon of wasabi powder mixed with mayonnaise and add more, if desired, to taste.
• Slice ginger into very thin sticks about 1-inch long. Place ginger, sugar, water and lemon juice into heavy saucepan and reduce to thick syrup. Be careful not to boil past medium ball state.
• On individual washed white endive leaves place fish. Garnish with wasabi mayonnaise that has been put in a squeeze bottle and finish with a few pieces of ginger confit.

TUNA CONFIT

Steps:

• Place tuna in a bowl, cutting it into several pieces if necessary. Add olive oil, the garlic, thyme and lemon peel. Cover, and marinate 6 hours, refrigerated or at room temperature, or overnight in the refrigerator.
• Transfer contents of bowl to a saucepan, bring to a simmer, lower heat and cook 5 minutes. Shut off heat. Tuna will still be pink in middle. Let cool 30 minutes.
• Remove tuna, drain well, transfer to a bowl and mash coarsely with a fork. Fold capers, shallots, mustard and sherry vinegar into tuna. Whisk 2 tablespoons of the olive oil with chicken stock and grape seed oil. Fold into tuna. Season with salt and pepper. (Mixture should be fairly loose.)
• To serve at once, place mounds of tuna on each of 6 salad plates, scatter with more capers and serve with toast, as a first course. Otherwise, refrigerate tuna until 30 minutes before serving; then divide onto plates and serve.

RARE TUNA CONFIT

Steps:

• Season tuna steaks with salt and pepper. Place in a heatproof container, just large enough to fit steaks in a single layer. In a small saucepan over medium heat, heat remaining ingredients until garlic cloves begin to turn golden brown. Pour mixture over tuna; it should cover the fish. Cover and refrigerate 24 hours. To serve, thinly slice tuna and lay over dressed salad greens.

TUNA CONFIT

Steps:

• Place tuna in a bowl, cutting it into several pieces if necessary.
• Add olive oil, the garlic, thyme and lemon peel.
• Cover, and marinate 6 hours, refrigerated or at room temperature, or overnight in the refrigerator.
• Transfer contents of bowl to a saucepan, bring to a simmer, lower heat and cook 5 minutes.
• Shut off heat(tuna will still be pink in middle); let cool 30 minutes.
• Remove tuna (reserving two tablespoons of the olive oil mixture), drain well, transfer to a bowl and mash coarsely with a fork.
• Fold capers, shallots, mustard and sherry vinegar into tuna.
• Whisk the 2 tablespoons of the olive oil with chicken stock and grape seed oil.
• Fold into tuna.
• Season with salt and pepper (mixture should be fairly loose).
• To serve at once, place mounds of tuna on each of 6 salad plates, scatter with more capers and serve with toast/crostini, as a first course.
• Otherwise, refrigerate tuna until 30 minutes before serving; then divide onto plates and serve.

TUNA OR SWORDFISH WITH ONION CONFIT

Steps:

• Put olive oil in a 10- or 12-inch skillet, and turn heat to medium. Add onions, a good pinch of salt, pepper and thyme or bay leaf. Cook, stirring, until mixture starts to sizzle, a minute or two. Adjust heat so that you need to stir at most every 5 minutes to keep onions from browning as they soften. Cook at least 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cut tomatoes in half and shake out seeds, then cut into 1/2-inch dice. Heat a grill until moderately hot.
• When onions are very soft, almost a shapeless mass, season fish and grill, turning once, for a total of about 6 minutes for tuna, 8 to 10 minutes for swordfish; check for doneness by making a small cut in the center to peek inside. While fish is grilling, stir olives and tomatoes into onions, and raise heat; cook, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes liquefy and mixture becomes juicy. Taste, and adjust seasoning. Serve fish on a bed of onion confit, whole fish cut into serving portions.

TUNA OR SWORDFISH WITH ONION CONFIT

Steps:

• Put the olive oil in a 10- or 12-inch skillet over medium heat. Add the onions, a healthy pinch of salt, some pepper, and the thyme. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the mixture starts to sizzle, a minute or two. Adjust the heat so that you have to stir only every 5 minutes at most to keep the onions from browning. They will become progressively softer; do not allow them to brown. Figure at least 30 minutes total for the onions to cook.
• Core the tomatoes, then cut them in half horizontally. Squeeze and shake out the seeds, then cut the tomatoes into 1/2-inch dice. Preheat a grill to moderately hot.
• When the onions are very soft, almost a shapeless mass, season the fish and grill it, turning once, for a total of about 6 minutes for tuna, 8 to 10 minutes for swordfish; check for doneness by making a small cut in the center of the fish and peeking inside. (Tuna can be quite rare; swordfish is best cooked to medium, when its interior is still slightly pearly rather than completely opaque.) While the fish is grilling, stir the olives and tomatoes into the onions and raise the heat a bit; cook, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes liquefy and the mixture becomes juicy. Taste and adjust the seasoning. Serve the fish on a bed of the onion confit.
• Variations
• Chicken with Onion Confit: Serve the onions with grilled skinless, boneless chicken breasts.
• Omit the thyme and use a bay leaf instead, or finish the dish with a handful of chopped fresh basil, chervil, or parsley.
• Cook some finely chopped aromatic vegetables, like carrots, celery or fennel, and garlic, along with the onions.

HERB CRUSTED SEARED TUNA WITH WASABI MAYONNAISE AND GINGER CONFIT ON ENDIVE

Steps:

• Have tuna sliced as thick as possible cutting against the grain into 1 1/2-inch rectangular pieces. Rub the fish with olive oil and roll in thyme, peppercorns, salt, and pepper. On a very hot grill sear the fish on each side for 30 seconds to 1 minute depending upon the desired doneness. Set aside and slice into 1-inch thick pieces.
• For wasabi mayonnaise, start with 1 tablespoon of wasabi powder mixed with mayonnaise and add more, if desired, to taste.
• Slice ginger into very thin sticks about 1-inch long. Place ginger, sugar, water and lemon juice into heavy saucepan and reduce to thick syrup. Be careful not to boil past medium ball state.
• On individual washed white endive leaves place fish. Garnish with wasabi mayonnaise that has been put in a squeeze bottle and finish with a few pieces of ginger confit.

RARE TUNA CONFIT

Steps:

• Season tuna steaks with salt and pepper. Place in a heatproof container, just large enough to fit steaks in a single layer. In a small saucepan over medium heat, heat remaining ingredients until garlic cloves begin to turn golden brown. Pour mixture over tuna; it should cover the fish.
• Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours. To serve, thinly slice the tuna and lay over dressed salad greens.

TUNA CONFIT

Steps:

• place tuna in bowl, cutting into several pieces. add olive oil, garlic, thyme and lemon peel. cover, marinate 6 hours or overnight refrigerated. transfer contents to saucepan, bring to simmer, lower heat and cok 5 minutes. remove tuna, drain well, transfer to a bowl and mash coarsely with fork. fold in capers, shallots, mustard and vinegar. whisk 2 tablespoons olive oil with chicken stock and grape seed oil, and fold into tuna. season with salt and pepper. serve at once with toast and a few capers, or refrigerate until 30 minutes before serving.

TUNA IN PANKO SPICY COAT WITH CUCUMBER CONFIT

Steps:

• Mix the dry ingredients of the coat in the flat glass dish. Reserve In another bowl mix the liquid ingredients. Beat a little with the foët and reserve. Take the tuna out of the fridge. Working one piece at a time. Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper and dip the tuna pieces in the mixture of egg white, then coat with the panko mixture, pressing to adhere, dip once again in egg white and then back to the panko, pressing do adhere. Arrange the pieces in a baking dish cover with film and put in the fridge, until time to serve. The cucumbers Peel the cucumbers, cut in lengthwise and remove the seeds, and cut in slices of 1/2 inch thick. Put the butter in a frying pan over low heat, when the butter melts add the the cucumber slices, and gently let them confit for half an hour. Sprinkle with salt. And keep warm. The sauce In a small sauce pan mix all the ingredients and boil for 8 minutes in low heat. Frying the tuna Heat 2 cups of canola oil in a deep frying pan to 170º C (attencion 338º F). Working one at a time fry the pieces for 2 minutos to have them raw in the inside. Drawn in paper towel. This dish well-done is inconceivable. The coat should be nice golden brown and crunchy. Keep in a warm place. Assemble the plates. In a work surface cut each of the tuna pieces in 3 neat medalions. Divide the cucumber confit between the plates forming a bed where you will put the tuna medalions cut side up. Drizzles with the sauce around, don´t let the coat be wet or will be soggy. Garnish with ciboulette. For a stunning presentation take out the sauce an serve with a salmon roe chantilly.