Tuna fillet in strawberry and balsamic vinegar sauce with courgette tartare and flowers

We really love the fresh tuna filet and we wanted something that could sweeten its flavour. A dish for us is always a main ingredient that we enjoy, from there we start to imagine all the flavours and combinations that better marry with that ingredient. In this dish, in our opinion, the union is really successful.

INGREDIENTS (4 servings)

– 600/700 grams of Tuna Steak

– 8 courgettes

– 12 courgette flowers

– 2 spring onions

– 250 grams of Strawberries

– 4/5 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar

– 1 tablespoon of brown sugar

– EVO oil

– salt

– pepper

– some mint leaves

– some fennel

– dill

– chives

– Mixed Greens Salad

DIRECTIONS

For Strawberry and Balsamic Vinegar Sauce and Reduction

– Clean the strawberries and cut them into cubes, put them in a saucepan with sugar and combine balsamic vinegar

– Cook sweet fire for 10 minutes, turn off and drain the strawberries from the juice that will be created, put them in a bowl and mash with a fork. Keep them aside

– Meanwhile add a little water into the sauce and let it reduce

For Courgette Tartare

– Cut courgettes lengthwise, remove the white part and draw cubes with green

– Cut spring-onions slices

– Put both courgettes and onions to fry in pan for 5 minutes in lively flame with a little oil, salt and pepper (vegetables should remain crisp). Keep aside

– Cut courgette flowers, put them in a bowl and toss with a little oil and salt. Keep aside.

For Aromatic Herbs Pesto

Chop with a knife mint, chives, fennel and dill and put everything in a bowl with EVO oil and salt in order to create some sort of pesto that will serve us to season the tuna.

For the Tuna

– In a saucepan put a little oil to heat and roast fillet of tuna only a minute per side. Season with salt and a bit of pesto preparation

Serve the tuna on a bed of mixed Greens, drizzle with strawberries on top and garnish with pesto and reduction. Add the courgette tartare with the flowers on top. Add a little EVO oil