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lovely people we're gonna do how to cook
the perfect tuna steak two very very
different tasting basic ways to cook a
tuna steak the pan seed is really
delicious more caramelized the chard is
much more nutty and it's got a little
bitter edge that works really well with
the lemon juice and the sweetness of the
tuna i want to cook both so you can make
your own mind up which which one you
think you might fancy look at that
absolutely gorgeous this is from the
maldives it's line court so very
sustainable it is important when we're
buying fish not just to buy the freshest
and the best
you do want to make sure that you're not
wrecking the sea doing it at the same
time in england we have msc approved
which has a little logo that looks like
that
but in every country it's slightly
different so do a little bit of google
research and you'll find out
get yourself a nice sharp long knife
thickness wise if i was to cut it like
this it's just going to cook so quickly
it's going to be overcooked if you go to
the mediterranean spain italy france
they never overcook their tuna they
never do you can have this raw you can
have it as a capacio you can have it as
a tartar i want to go for a minimum of a
two centimeter thickness slice
so i'm going to slice nice long
movements don't sort of jig it about
it's very easy to cut
what we're going to do here
is just put our stakes to the side and
i'm going to do a little rub it's very
very simple i get a little teaspoon of
coriander seeds a good pinch of salt
okay maybe two of those
a pinch of fennel seeds
absolutely beautiful and a seedy flavor
the coriander seed is more sort of
savory and pepper so we're just gonna
pound that up
cracking it smashing it you don't have
to get it super fine either
so it doesn't take much time to get to
that which is lovely and if you taste it
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it's just a lovely quite balanced
seasoning so just season the board
pick up your steak and just plop it onto
it like that
this kind of basic seasoning gives a
little crust
and flavoring to the tuna which is just
divine
very subtle now all i would do now is a
tiny little massage up
of olive oil
just a little pat around the edges
just like that
here we've got a bunch of pans that are
very hot this is medium high this is
super high they're both preheated i want
it frying i want it searing i want it
charring okay so we ain't mucking about
so first up i'm gonna put
the tuna into the pan
nice nonstick pan
second up we're gonna go onto the
griddle pan and just touch it and push
it down so it's fully in contact with
the bars a really important thing to
mention here guys
always with a griddle pan never put oil
in it ever never ever ever right you
want it screaming hot you want it dry
if we look into the pans you can see the
effect of the heat on the fish and you
need to sort of recognize that that is
the speed in which the heat is traveling
through the fish now remember we do not
want to cook this all the way through so
look it's had about a minute and a half
two minutes max
we're gonna go to the charred one first
look at that beautiful
back in the pan
let's go over now to the other pan right
now it's seared we could just put a
little oil in here
just to really get it absolutely
gorgeous
i've just done about a minute and a half
on each side this tuna is cooked this is
a nice opportunity just to drizzle in
good oil again any meat or fish that
comes off the grill or off the oven you
know is gonna start to wanna really dry
up okay so a little drizzle is always
good i'm letting this tuna just rest for
a minute also i'm just gonna have a
little lemon to protect the fish and to
season it as well
that if you look into the the heart of
that so we're just going to tear it and
i like to tear it not slice it that's
what i would call perfect
i'm going to do exactly the same thing
again with the seared one
we've got that lovely caramelized sort
of cap and you get that from the contact
of the pan i'm going to tear that open
again
absolutely gorgeous
so there you go lovely people two
beautiful ways to cook a tuna steak of
course if you want to cook it more
please do but i wouldn't advise it this
tuna is so gorgeous it's so meaty it's
so delicate very delicious as well i'm
serving this today with a beautiful
mixed tomato salad if you want to know
how to make the perfect tomato salad
then just click on the link over here
and you can go through to my new video
take care guys lots of love until next
time bye
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