Bluefin tuna | spirulina | porcini | black carrot | sweet potato| nuts
Suggested pairing: The Vinum Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo DOP
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Ingredients (for 4 persons):
For bluefin tuna burgers:
- Bluefin tuna (400 gr)
- Spirulina powder (50 gr)
- Porcini (200 gr)
- Chopped nuts (20 gr)
- EVO
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Red garlic (1 clove)
For black carrots and sweet potato sauce:
- Black carrots (2)
- Sweet potato (1)
- Pine nuts (20 gr)
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Turmeric
- Juniper
- Red garlic (1 clove)
Preparation:
For bluefin tuna burgers:
- Clean and cut the fresh porcini mushrooms
- Place EVO in a pan and add the grated garlic
- Add the porcini mushrooms and cook over low heat for 8 minutes
- When cooked, add salt and pepper
- Prepare eight bluefin tuna fillets, 50 grams each
- Mix in a bowl the spirulina powder with salt and pepper
- Pass the fillets in that mixture
- Cook the fillets in a preheated pan 45 seconds per side
- Prepare the burgers adding the porcini mushrooms between the two fillets of bluefin tuna
- Add the chopped nuts
For black carrots and sweet potato sauce:
- Clean and peel the black carrots and the sweet potato
- Boil the black carrots and the sweet potato for 10 minutes over medium heat in salted water with a clove of red garlic
- Whisk the black carrots, sweet potato and red garlic with cooking water, pine nuts, turmeric, black pepper, and juniper
- Serve
