Peppered Tuna With Mushroom Sauce Recipes

PEPPERED TUNA WITH PORTOBELLO MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Sprinkle the tuna steaks on both sides with two tablespoons of the olive oil, and press in the cracked black pepper and sea salt. Preheat grill.
• Heat the remaining oil in a skillet, and saute the mushrooms until crisp. Toward the end of cooking, add the garlic and cook through. Add the beans and the thyme, and cook for a minute or two over moderate heat.
• Grill the tuna for three to four minutes on each side. (Rare is preferable, but cook the fish more if you want it more done.)
• Slice the tuna steaks on the bias. Arrange the vegetables down the center of an oval serving dish, and put the tuna slices on top. Garnish with lemon quarters and thyme sprigs.

PEPPERED TUNA WITH MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• In large skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat until lightly brown.
• Add mushrooms and saute 4-7 minutes or until lightly browned and tender.
• Stir in Plum sauce, soy sauce, and ground ginger.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat.
• Simmer, stirring often 3-4 minutes.
• Keep warm.
• Heat oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Sprinkle tuna evenly with pepper.
• Cook 4 minutes each side (rare) or until desired amount of doneness.
• Serve with warm sauce.
• Serves 6.

TUNA WITH GINGER-MUSHROOM CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat two tablespoons vegetable oil in a non-stick skillet over high heat.
• Pepper one side of the tuna steaks, place pepper side down and sear for two minutes.
• Turn tuna over and continue cooking, about two minutes for rare, four for medium.
• Transfer tuna to plate and keep warm.
• Add olive oil, green onions, cilantro, ginger and garlic to same skillet and saute about 30 seconds.
• Mix in mushrooms and soy sauce and simmer 30 seconds for shiitake, 1 minute for morels.
• Add half and half and simmer until thickened, about 3-4 minutes.
• Stir in lime juice.
• Spoon sauce onto plates and place tuna steak on top.
• Garnish with cilantro and a slice of pickled ginger.

TUNA AND RED PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente.
• In large serving bowl, combine roasted red peppers, tuna, parsley, olive oil, capers, garlic, and salt and pepper.
• Drain pasta. Toss immediately with tuna mixture.