Trilogy of tuna with a wasabi tartare, red tuna belly with olive paste and tuna fillet with puffed quinoa and pink peppercorn.
Ingredients: Serves 4
Red tuna trimmings: 80g
Daikon radish: 100g
Olive oil: 2 tablespoons
Sesame oil: 1 teaspoon
Sherry vinegar: 1 tablespoon
Wasabi cream: 10g
Ketchup: 2 teaspoons
Chopped chives: 1 tablespoon
Sesame seeds: 100g
Red tuna belly: 120g
Black olive tapenade: 50g
Green olive tapenade: 50g
Tomato tapemade: 50g
Red tuna fillet: 140g
Puffed quinoa: 100g
Pink peppercorns: 50g
Roasted coriander: 10g
Tomato mayonnaise: 50g
Method
Chop the trimmings into small cubes, season with salt and pepper, add the olive and sesame oils, the ketchup, the wasabi cream and vinegar and mix. Shape four large balls and then roll them in the roasted sesame seeds. Cut the radish with a crinkle-edge cutter, form a ring and season with the sesame oil and Sherry vinegar.
Prepare the tuna belly then pan-fry it in a little olive oil. Sear it well, taking care not to overcook it. It should be just cooked.
Slice it thinly and add the black and green olive paste along with preserved tomatoes.
Cut two good slices of red tuna.
Using a little flour and a beaten egg, coat the tuna fillets with the puffed quinoa, the pink peppercorns and the roasted coriander.
Just before serving, pan-fry them in the olive oil making sure to leave the inside raw. Cut them into fairly thin slices and serve them with a little tomato mayonnaise.