Grilled Tuna With Recipes Nicoise For Salad

Grilled Tuna Recipe Ingredients

• Red-wine vinegar – 2 fluid ounces
• Shallots, chives or scallions – 2 medium sized and chopped fine
• Garlic - 1 large clove, chopped fine and then mashed
• Olive oil - 1 cup
• Salt - 1 tsp kosher salt or ½ tsp regular table salt
• Mustard - 2 teaspoons, preferably Dijon mustard
• Fresh basil and thyme- 1 1/2 tablespoons each (optional)
• Tuna steak fillet- 1 lb
• Green beans - 4 oz preferably Haricots Verts
• Small potatoes - 1 1/2 lb
• Eggs - 4 large and quartered hard-boiled eggs
• Little Gem lettuce -3/4 lb
• Tomatoes - 8 oz grape or cherry, cut in half
• Black olives – 12 to 16 small brine-cured olives, preferably Niçoise or Elitses
• Bottled capers - 1 1/2 oz, well drained and halved
• Pepper- 2 tsp freshly ground pepper

Method

1. Put the red wine vinegar, shallots, garlic and mustard in a small bowl. Add ½ tablespoon each of finely chopped basil and thyme along with¼ tsp kosher salt and whisk thoroughly. Slowly add ¾ cup olive oil while continuing to whisk it further until the ingredients have emulsified and the vinaigrette is ready.
2. Slice the potatoes and cook them in a pan along with ¼ tsp kosher salt. Drain the potatoes completely, add ½ the vinaigrette and set it aside to cool.
3. Blanch the beans in a large open pot of boiling water to which ¼ tsp kosher salt has been added. Cook for no more than 4 minutes and then use a slotted spoon to plunge and immerse them in a bowl of icy water. This will stop them from cooking further and will keep them crisp yet tender.
4. Brush the tuna with ¼ cup olive oil and then season both sides with ½ of the remaining salt and the pepper powder. Press the remaining chopped thyme basil onto the tuna using a little more oil to keep it in place. Grill it on a lightly oiled large grill pan for 6 - 8 minutes. Allow the tuna to cool for 2 to 3 minutes and then cut it into1/2 inch slices. Place the tuna in a bowl and coat it completely with 2 tablespoons of the vinaigrette.
5. Put the cooked potatoes and blanched beans along with the tomatoes, lettuce and black olives in a bowl and toss it with 2 ½ tablespoons of the vinaigrette.  Arrange the salad on a platter and place the tuna over it. Cover it with the vinaigrette and top it off with the halved capers and with the boiled eggs on the side.

Health Tip

• Tuna is a good source of essential fatty acids. Black beans are considered to be a valuable source of various vitamins and proteins. Grilled Tuna Salad Nicoise is a healthy and diabetes friendly salad.