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by Chef Dominic Tedesco
Summary: With the help of Cheflive guest Chrissy Watson, Chef Dominic Tedesco makes a delicious seared ahi tuna topped with a passion fruit salsa and halibut cooked two different ways.
Cooking time (duration): 25 minutes
Number of servings (yield): 4
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Ingredients
Salsa:
- ½ large onion, diced
- 2 tomatoes, diced
- ½ cup mandarin oranges
- 2 green onions, chopped
- ¼ cup rice wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp passion fruit puree
- 1 tbsp Tabasco
- ½ lime squeezed
- Salt
- Pepper
Fish/Seafood:
- Peanut oil
- 6 Jumbo shrimp
- Salt
- Pepper
- 2 8 oz Ahi tuna fillet
- 2 8 oz halibut fillet
Cream Sauce:
- 1 ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 cup pecorino romano
Vegetable Sauce:
- Minced garlic
- Extra virgin olive oil
- ½ cup green bell peppers
- ½ cup roasted red peppers
- ¼ cup tequila
- ¼ cup mushrooms
- ½ lime squeezed
Instructions
Passion Fruit Salsa:
- Dice ½ large white onion
- Dice 2 tomatoes
- Chop, thinly, two green onions
- In large mixing bowl, combine ingredients
- Add rice wine vinegar, Mandarin oranges, Passion Fruit puree, Tabasco, ½ lime squeezed and salt and pepper
- Mix well, set aside
Fish/Seafood:
- Render pan hot with peanut oil
- Take shrimp, and slice them down the back to butterfly
- Place shrimp in hot pan
- Cook until white and red throughout
- Add shrimp to bowl of Salsa, and refrigerate
Ahi Tuna:
- Render hot skillet with peanut oil
- Season tuna fillets with salt and pepper
- Place seasoned side down in hot skillet, season other side with salt and pepper
- Sear both sides on medium high heat to med/med. Rare
- Remove from heat and let rest
Halibut:
- Render skillet hot with peanut oil
- Season halibut with salt and pepper, placing halibut in skillet seasoned side down
- Season other side with salt and pepper
- Cook halibut on one side
- Remove from stove and place in over at 300 degrees for 5-10 minutes to finish cooking
Cream Sauce:
- Render pan hot, add heavy whipping cream
- Add butter
- Let simmer and cook down to thicken, lower heat to prevent boil over
- Add Pecorino Romano cheese, stir in to mix
Vegetable Sauce:
- Render hot pan with extra virgin olive oil
- Add green peppers, roasted red peppers, mushrooms and tequila
- Stir well, and burn off tequila
- Add sliced garlic cloves
- Add squeezed lime
- Season with salt and pepper
To Serve:
Ahi Tuna:
- Place Ahi Tuna fillets in center of large serving plate
- Top with passion fruit salsa
- Arrange shrimp around salsa
- Garnish with fresh chopped cilantro
Halibut with Cream Sauce:
- Spoon cream sauce in center of plate
- Place halibut fillet in center of sauce
- Garnish with fresh parsley
- Optional: Garnish with halved cherry tomatoes in cream sauce
Halibut with Vegetable Sauce:
- Spoon vegetable sauce into center of plate
- Place halibut fillet over vegetables
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