Tuna Fish - Pan Seared

This Saturday, we bought fresh tuna fish steaks at the Farmer’s Market. I found a video by Jamie Oliver and decided to try his recipe for tuna.

He makes a crust using coriander seeds, fennel seeds, pepper corns and salt which he pounds in a pestle. The fish is seared in a hot non stick pan for no more than two minutes on each side.

We ate it with asparagus and new potatoes. Really delicious.

Ingredients

1 lb tuna fish (for two people)

Olive oil

1 teasp coriander seeds

1 teasp. Fennel seeds

1 teasp. Salt

1/2 teasp. Pepper corns

Directions

Grind all the herbs till they are like coarse bread crumbs.

Wash the fish and pat dry with a paper towel

Sprinkle the crushed seeds on a board and place the fish over the seeds, flipping the fish so you get both sides.

Take a little olive oil and pat on both sides of fish, massaging just a little.

Heat up the frying pan so it is very hot

Place the fish in the pan, should sizzle loudly and flip the fish after two minutes, continue to sear for 1 1/2 minutes, you want the fish to remain raw in the center.

Remove fish and serve with lemon juice.