tuna caesar
A lot of people use mayo and make a creamy dressing. don’t. All my friends kids love this. They ask me to teach their parents how to make it. Makes a great first course or add a protein and you have a meal. We do Tuna Caesar most often.
INGREDIENTS
Serves 3-4
3 heads romaine
5 cloves garlic
3 anchovies or more
1 TBSP capers
juice of one lemon
3 good shakes of worcestershire
1 TBSP coarse ground mustard
1/4 cup parmesan or whatever grating cheese you prefer
egg yolk
2-3 TBSP olive oil
PREP
Wash, tear and spin leaves
Put garlic in large salad serving bowl and mash it with a fork, add anchovies and mash them, add capers and mash them. Mash it all together
Add worcestershire and mustard and mix
Add lemon juice, egg yolk and parmesan and mix
Add olive oil and whisk
Add romaine to bowl but leave it alone while you prepare the protein
Let’s do tuna
6-8 oz ahi tuna per person
1 tsp toasted sesame oil
2 TBSP each black and tan sesame seeds, fresh ground black pepper, coarse kosher salt
1 TBSP soy sauce (just a little to get the sesame seeds to stick to the tuna)
1 TBSP wasabi powder mixed with water to form paste
Heat cast iron to medium high
Add soy sauce to tuna and rub it in, cover liberally with sesame seed mixture, flip and repeat
Add sesame oil to pan and sear tuna 2-3 minutes per side
Add a little water to wasabi and mix to very thick paste, divide into small dipping bowls
Toss salad very well
Serve in a large bowl
Finish with black pepper and more grated cheese
Slice the tuna into bite size pieces about 1/4” thick and arrange them around the edge of the bowl. Garnish with flat bread, bread sticks or something crunchy.
This is a great meal with any protein
Jumbo Shrimp
Steak
Grilled Chicken
Half an Avocado