Spiced Seared Tuna Gazpacho

Spiced Seared Tuna Gazpacho

Recipe Type: Appetizer

Cuisine: Mediterranean

Author: Caroline Artiss

Prep time: 30 mins

Cook time: 2 mins

Total time: 32 mins

Serves: 4

Try this amazingly refreshing dish on a hot summer’s day to tantalise your taste buds. Gazpacho is a chilled soup and the spiced tuna accompanies it perfectly. This is Tiffany’s recipe from Top Chef season 7 Episode 6.

Ingredients

• Tuna:
• 1 lb fresh tuna
• 2 Tbsp fennel seeds
• 2 Tbsp coriander seeds
• 2 Tbsp black peppercorns
• 2 Tbsp oil
• Salt, to taste

• Gazpacho:
• 1 qt tomato juice
• 2 cups assorted tomatoes, small diced
• ½ cup cucumber, small diced
• 1 jalapeno, minced
• ½ tsp finely chopped garlic
• 1 yellow bell pepper, small diced
• 1 lime, juiced
• ¼ cup red wine vinegar
• 1 tbsp fresh basil,
• 1 tbsp fresh mint,
• 1 cup olive oil
• Salt and pepper, to taste

• Crème fraiche or sour cream to serve.

Instructions

1. For the Tuna:
2. Toast seeds and peppercorns in a dry skillet and blend in spice grinder
3. Sprinkle salt and ground spices on tuna
4. Drizzle with oil and sear tuna on all sides on a hot skillet
5. Set aside and let cool

1. For the Gazpacho:
2. Mix ingredients together in a bowl and keep refrigerated
3. Slice tuna and place in serving bowls
4. Pour gazpacho around