Rare Tuna Salad with Avocado and Daikon Sprouts
- 1 medium carrot
- 1 daikon (Japanese radish)
- 12 ounces cold tuna steak, cut into 12 thin slices
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon grainy mustard
- 1 teaspoon wasabi (Japanese horseradish)
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- 1 hothouse cucumber, peeled
- 1 ripe avocado
- 12 ounces mixed baby greens (such as arugula and baby red oak leaf)
- 8 edible flowers, such as pansies or nasturtiums
- Daikon sprouts
- With a potato peeler, peel the carrot and daikon, then peel 20 thin carrot strips and 20 thin daikon strips.
- Place the strips in ice water and refrigerate.
- Arrange the tuna slices in a shallow, nonreactive pan or in a Ziploc bag.
- In a measuring cup, mix together the olive oil, lime juice, mustard, wasabi, and salt and pepper.
- Pour half of the mixture over the fish and reserve the rest.
- Cover the fish and refrigerate no more than 30 minutes or the marinade will begin to cook the fish like seviche.
- Remove the tuna and vegetables from the refrigerator.
- Place the tuna on an oiled grill and quickly grill over very hot coals, no more than 2 to 3 minutes, turning once, just until rare.
- Drain the carrot and daikon strips and pat dry with paper towels.
- Peel 20 thin strips of cucumber.
- Peel the avocado and cut in half lengthwise.
- Cut each half into 8 slices.
- Place a large handful of greens in the center of 4 individual plates.
- Cover with 3 slices of tuna.
- Arrange piles of carrot, daikon, and cucumber strips around the greens.
- Fan out 4 avocado slices on each plate and decorate with edible flowers and daikon sprouts.
- Drizzle 1 tablespoon of the remaining marinade over the fish and greens.
- Sprinkle, with a twist of black pepper.
carrot, tuna, extra virgin olive oil, freshly squeezed lime juice, grainy mustard, wasabi, salt, hothouse cucumber, avocado, baby greens, flowers, sprouts
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/rare-tuna-salad-with-avocado-and-daikon-sprouts (may not work)