Seared Tuna 'Sushi'

• 2 tuna steaks, about 2 inches thick and 12 ounces each
• 3 tablespoons cracked black pepper
• 2 tablespoons coarse salt
• 2 tablespoons five-spice powder
• Soy sauce
• 4 tablespoons thinly sliced ginger
• 4 tablespoons wasabi paste mixed with 4 tablespoons water

1. Wipe steaks dry with paper towels.
2. Mix pepper, salt and five- spice powder together and coat outside of tuna.
3. Leave for about 30 minutes.
4. Preheat grill or broiler.
5. Sear the tuna over very hot coals for about two minutes on the top and on the bottom.
6. Pass the sides over the coals for a minute.
7. Cool the tuna and serve, passing the soy sauce, ginger and wasabi paste separately.

tuna, cracked black pepper, coarse salt, fivespice powder, soy sauce, ginger, wasabi paste mixed

Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11336 (may not work)