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Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
This sauce is perfect over seafood, grilled or roasted chicken and turkey, broiled flank steak, and roasted vegetables; it's also amazing with pasta. Try substituting an equal amount of oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes for the roasted red peppers.
1 cup roasted red peppers (from water-packed jar)
1 cup reduced-sodium vegetable or chicken broth
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 cup fresh basil leaves
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
In a blender, combine the red peppers, broth, vinegar, and oil and process until smooth. Transfer mixture to a small saucepan and set over medium heat. Bring to a simmer, partially cover, and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the basil. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Let come to room temperature and store in a plastic container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week or in the freezer up to 3 months.
Roasted Red Pepper & Caramelized Onion Crab Cakes
2 lb. lump crabmeat
1 cup bread crumbs
3 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup mayo
1/2 cup roasted red bell peppers, diced
1/2 cup caramelized onions, diced
1/2 cup green onions, chopped
salt & pepper to taste
butter
extra bread crumbs
Mix 1st 8 ingredients together in mixing bowl
Grease ramekins or small souffle cups with butter, then dust with bread crumbs
Put crab mixture into ramekin, pressing firmly
Bake in a 375 degree oven for 20-30 minutes or until tops are browned
Allow to cool for 5 minutes, then turn out cake onto plate
Herb & Garlic Seafood Sauce
1 1/2 C. heavy cream
2 T. shallots, chopped
1/2 C. tomatoes, seeded, peeled and chopped
2 tsp. herbs, chopped (tarragon, basil,
cilantro, marjoram, chives, etc.)
Juice of 1 lime
4 oz. butter (at room temperature)
Salt and pepper, to taste
Saute shallots until translucent in saucepot. Add garlic; stir. Add tomatoes and cook for approximately one minute. Add half of herbs and cream. Simmer until reduced by half or until desired consistency. Add lime juice and remaining herbs. Season with salt, gradually adding butter.
Everything-Crusted Tuna With Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
3 tablespoons dry minced garlic
3 tablespoons dry minced onion
3 tablespoons poppy seeds
3 tablespoons black sesame seeds
3 tablespoons white sesame seeds
2 teaspoons coarse salt
1 egg white, lightly beaten
4 sushi-quality center-cut tuna steaks, 3 inches by 11/2 inches by 1 inch thick
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 cloves garlic, peeled and thinly sliced
1 large shallot, peeled and thinly sliced
3 medium-size roasted red peppers, peeled and coarsely chopped
1/2 cup unsalted or low-sodium chicken stock
1/4 cup white wine
Salt and freshly ground white pepper
3 tablespoons Champagne vinegar -- (3 to 4)
1/3 cup grape-seed oil
1 1/2 cups canola or other vegetable oil
To make the crust, mix together the minced garlic, onion, poppy seeds, sesame seeds and salt. Sprinkle some of this mixture on a plate. Dip the tuna steaks in the beaten egg white just enough to coat, then roll each steak in the crust mixture to coat it thoroughly, adding more of the mixture if necessary. To minimize the potential mess, coat the tuna steaks by holding them with a fork rather than your fingers. Put steaks on the same plate, atop the remaining mixture; set aside at room temperature.
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
To make the sauce, warm the olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat, and add the garlic and shallots. Cook, stirring, until they are soft but not colored, about 5 minutes. Add the peppers, chicken stock and wine, season with salt and white pepper, and simmer until the liquid is reduced by half, about 8 minutes. Carefully transfer the mixture to a blender, add the vinegar and with the machine running, pour in the grape-seed oil. Blend just to emulsify. Adjust the seasonings, adding water if sauce is too thick, and set aside in a warm place.
Have a metal baking pan at the ready; you will need it quickly after frying the steaks. Pour the canola oil into a 12-inch sauté pan or a wok, and set over high heat; when the oil reaches 350 degrees, slip the tuna into the pan. Fry for 1-1/2 minutes on each side, until the crust is well browned. Lift out the steaks with a slotted spatula, and place in the baking pan. Transfer to the oven, and roast for 1 minute for rare, 2 minutes for medium-rare, 3 minutes for medium.
Remove from the oven; spoon some sauce on each of four warmed dinner plates. Cut each steak in half on the diagonal, and place the two pieces in the center of the plates. Drizzle the steaks with additional sauce.
Yield: Four servings.
To get the most out of this dish, make sure you're using premium-quality tuna (not that foul Chicken of the Sea stuff) and cook it only just enough. Ask your fishmonger for tuna steaks that are each cut like a brick. One inch thick is ideal. The tuna will look like beef. And like beef, you'll want to keep it rare.
The sauce is a blend of roasted red peppers, garlic and shallots. Gently sautéed, the garlic and shallots are a sweeter version of the garlic and onions in the crust. I roast the red bell peppers over a gas flame or under the broiler until they're black and blistered, then I rub off the skins. Their slightly charred flavor makes the sauce lusty enough to play opposite the assertive crust. I'd also suggest serving it with some saffron rice or some couscous.