Napoleon of Tuna Tartare

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Level: Intermediate
Total: 55 min
Prep: 30 min
Cook: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

  1. 8 ounces Grade A yellowfin tuna
  2. 4 baby gherkins
  3. 1 teaspoon capers
  4. 1 shallot
  5. 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  6. 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
  7. Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  8. 2 pappadams
  9. 1 beetroot
  10. 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
  11. 1 tablespoon sugar
  12. 1 cup water
  13. 1 sprig fresh thyme
  14. 1 sprig fresh rosemary
  15. 1 bay leaf
  16. 3 black peppercorns
  17. Pinch salt
  18. 1 teaspoon mustard (recommended: Pommery de Meaux)
  19. 1/4 teaspoon truffle oil
  20. 4 sprigs fresh dill
  21. 4 caperberries

Instructions

  1. For the tartare:
  2. Dice the tuna into small pieces. Finely chop the gherkins, capers and shallot and add to the tuna. Mix in the olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Form into quenelles and store in the refrigerator. Cut the pappadams into 4 and deep-fry until golden.
  3. For the beet pickle:
  4. Cut the beet into small dice and add to a saucepan with the rest of the ingredients except for the mustard. Cook on low heat until the beets are semisoft. Remove from the heat and allow the beets to cool in the liquid. Mix in the mustard.
  5. To plate:
  6. Stack the tuna quenelles in layers on top of the pappadams and arrange the beets around the side. Finish with a drizzle of truffle oil, a sprig of dill and a capperberry on top of the tuna.

 

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