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Fish and Seafood Recipes -
Tuna with
Tomatoes, Peppers and Garlic Recipe
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Fish and Seafood
Recipes
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Tuna with
Tomatoes, Peppers and Garlic Recipe
Ingredients
Serve
4-6
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plain flour, for dusting
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1 kg/2
lb tuna steaks,
2 cm/3/4
inch thick
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6 tablespoons olive oil
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1 red pepper
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1 green pepper
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2
onions, sliced
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2 large tomatoes, quartered
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1
garlic clove, crushed
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1 bouquet garni
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200 ml/7
fl
oz dry white wine
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salt and pepper
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2
tablespoons finely chopped basil, to garnish
Method:
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Season the flour with salt and pepper and dust the
tuna steaks with it. Heat half of the olive oil in a
frying pan.
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Add the tuna stakes and fry over a low
heat, turning once to seal both sides. Remove from
the pan and transfer to an ovenproof dish.
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Meanwhile, place the red and green peppers under a
hot grill, turning occasionally until they are
charred and blistered all over. Allow them to cool
and then peel and slice them, discarding the seeds.
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Heat the remaining olive oil. Add the onions and fry
over a low heat
until soft and golden brown. Add the peppers,
tomatoes, garlic and bouquet garni.
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Season to taste
with salt and pepper and then simmer gently for 20
minutes. Add the wine and bring to the boil.
Remove from the heat.
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Cover
the tuna steaks with the sauce and bake in a
preheated
oven,
200°C (400°F), Gas Mark 6, for 20 minutes.
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Reduce
the
oven
temperature to 160°C (325°F), Gas Mark 3, cover the
dish and cook the tuna for a further 30 minutes.
Serve sprinkled with chopped basil.
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