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    Pan-Seared Tuna & Ginger-Shitake Cream


    Source of Recipe


    Bon App�tit February 1999

    List of Ingredients




    6 6-ounce tuna steaks, each about 1 inch thick
    2 tablespoons peanut oil
    3 tablespoons butter
    1/3 cup thinly sliced green onions
    1/4 cup chopped cilantro
    2 tablespoons finely chopped peeled fresh ginger
    4 garlic cloves, chopped
    8 ounces fresh shiitake mushrooms, stemmed, caps sliced
    6 tablespoons soy sauce
    1 1/2 cups whipping cream
    3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
    Lime wedges (optional)
    Fresh cilantro sprigs (optional)

    Recipe



    Preheat oven to 200�F. Sprinkle 1 side of tuna steaks with pepper. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large skillet over high heat. Place tuna steaks, pepper side down, in hot oil and sear 2 minutes. Turn tuna over and continue cooking to desired doneness, about 2 minutes for rare. Transfer tuna to rimmed baking sheet; keep warm in oven. Add butter, sliced green onions, cilantro, ginger and chopped garlic to same skillet and saut� until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Mix in mushrooms and soy sauce and simmer 30 seconds. Add whipping cream and simmer until sauce lightly coats back of spoon, about 3 minutes. Stir in lime juice. Spoon sauce onto plates; arrange tuna atop sauce. Garnish with lime wedges and cilantro sprigs, if desired.

 

 

 


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