Tuna Ratatouille Morocco Recipes

GRILLED TUNA WITH GRILLED RATATOUILLE COUSCOUS AND DECONSTRUCTED PESTO

Steps:

• Toast 1/2 cup of the couscous in a dry skillet over medium heat. Bring the vegetable stock to a boil, stir in the toasted and untoasted couscous and some salt, cover, and simmer until the couscous is cooked and the stock absorbed, about 8 minutes. Remove from the heat, fluff with a fork, and set aside.
• Heat the grill to medium-high. Brush the eggplant, zucchini, yellow squash and red onion with canola oil, season with salt and pepper and grill until both sides are charred and the vegetables tender. Remove, cool slightly, and cut into large chunks.
• Toss the tomatoes with canola oil, season with salt and pepper and grill in the grill basket until they are just lightly charred.
• Brush the tuna steaks with canola oil, season with salt and pepper and grill until golden-brown and medium-rare, about 2 minutes per side.
• Put the chopped vegetables in a large bowl. Add the couscous, basil, pine nuts, garlic, Parmesan, 1/4 cup olive oil, lemon zest and juice. Season with salt and pepper and gently toss.
• Slice the tuna into thick slices. Mound the couscous on a platter, arrange the tuna on top and drizzle with additional olive oil. Garnish with whole basil leaves.

TUNA RATATOUILLE - MOROCCO

Steps:

• Clean all the vegetables.
• Slip the tomatoes in boiling water to take their peels off, then deseed them.
• Cut the other vegetables into uniform sizes.
• Cut the tuna into cubes.
• In a dutch oven, heat 1 tbs oil and brown the peppers in this. Cook it over low heat for 10 minutes, stirring.
• Add the eggplant with 2 tbs oil, and continue to cook it all for 10 minutes, stirring.
• Add the zucchini with the thyme and oregano, plus the rest of the oil.
• Let this simmer, uncovered for 10 minutes.
• Add the tomatoes, the minced little hot pepper, the garlic and the tuna.
• Blend gently with a long wooden spoon.
• Cover and cook over very low heat for 20 minutes.
• Add 1/2 cup of water if it becomes necessary to add liquid.
• Serve hot, warm or cold.