Tuna Steak With Risotto Recipes

CREAMY TUNA RISOTTO

Steps:

• Par boil rice in chicken broth for 5 minutes or until slightly softened.
• Drain and set aside BOTH rice AND broth.
• Brown garlic, pepper, celery and onion over medium heat.
• Mix in rice and rosemary, and ladle broth over top until rice is covered. Lower to medium-low heat. Cover and cook for 10-15 minutes.
• While rice is cooking, cube the tuna steak (about 1/2 inch cubes), season with black pepper and pan sear on high heat for 30 seconds on each side. Lay on top of rice and let cook at least five minutes.
• Heat broiler to 350°F.
• When rice is soft and broth fully reduced, mix in cream. Let cook two minutes and then set aside to steam for five minutes.
• Cut thin slices of mozzarella.
• Dish risotto into oven safe plates (ceramic pie plates work wonderfully) and cover with mozzarella slices and toss under broiler for 2-5 minutes, until cheese is melted and begins browning.
• Serve immediately.

TUNA RISOTTO FROM THE PANTRY

Steps:

• Drain the tuna over a bowl. Stir the tuna water into the chicken or vegetable stock. Taste and add more salt as needed for a well-seasoned stock. Break up the tuna in a bowl, and add to it 1 of the garlic cloves, 1 tablespoon of the olive oil, and the parsley. Set aside.
• Bring the stock to a simmer in a saucepan and turn the heat to low.
• Heat the remaining tablespoon of oil over medium heat in a large nonstick frying pan or wide saucepan and add the onion. Cook, stirring, until tender, about 5 minutes, and add the remaining garlic. Cook, stirring, for about a minute, until the garlic is fragrant, and stir in the anchovies and tomatoes. Cook, stirring, until the tomatoes have cooked down and the mixture is fragrant, 5 to 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Add the rice and cook, stirring, until the grains of rice are separate and well coated with the tomato mixture, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Stir in the wine and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly. The wine should bubble, but not too quickly. You want some of the flavor to cook into the rice before it evaporates. When the wine has just about evaporated, rub the saffron between your fingertips and stir in, along with a ladleful or two of the simmering stock, enough to just cover the rice. The stock should bubble slowly. Cook, stirring often and vigorously, until it is just about absorbed. Add another ladleful of the stock and continue to cook in this fashion, not too fast and not too slowly, adding more stock when the rice is almost dry, for 20 to 25 minutes. Taste a bit of the rice. It should taste chewy but not hard in the middle. Definitely not soft like steamed rice. If it is still hard in the middle, you need to keep adding stock and cook for another 5 minutes or so. Taste and adjust salt.
• When the rice is cooked al dente, stir in the tuna mixture and peas and add another ladleful or two of stock and several twists of the peppermill. Stir for a couple of minutes, taste and adjust seasonings. The mixture should be creamy. Add a little more stock if it is not. Spoon onto plates or wide soup bowls and serve.

TUNA STEAK WITH RISOTTO

Steps:

• Risotto:.
• Sauté onion in butter until soft.
• Add rice to onion mixture and coat rice with mix.
• On a lower heat, add ½ cup broth and 2 tbsp lemon juice.
• Stir constantly and add another ½ cup of broth.
• Repeat with ½ cup broth, ½ cup water until rice is tender but not mushy. It should be done slowly, and not all liquid needs to be used.
• Stir in cheese.
• Tuna:.
• Baste tuna in Worcestershire sauce and lemon juice.
• sprinkle salt and pepper on both sides of the steak.
• On high heat, add oil or spray to a saute pan and wait for it to heat.
• Sear the tuna on each side for only 1-2 minutes. Tuna steaks should be eaten with pink in the middle and should not be over cooked.
• Serve with lemon.