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Oriental Seared Tuna Salad with Plums

Jenny Morris, Plums

  • Serves 4

Ingredients

The Salad

  • 3 cups diced plums
  • 1 cup diced cucumber
  • 1 small red onion diced
  • 2 red chillies finely chopped
  • Handful mint chopped
  • Handful of coriander chopped

Method

  1. Toss all the ingredients together and chill.

The Dressing

  • 2 cloves grated garlic
  • 1/2 orange juice
  • 1 Tbsp orange zest
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 2 Tbsps red wine vinegar

Method

  1. Blitz all the ingredients together.

The Fish

  • olive oil

  • 800 g tuna steaks

  • Salt and ground black pepper to taste 

Method

  1. Rub the steaks with olive and season with salt and pepper 

  2. Heat a grill pan till very hot and sear the tuna, don’t overcook.

  3. Rest the tuna and then cut into blocks.

  4. Assemble the salad 

  5. On a platter layer the salad and tuna drizzle dressing between the layers.