Sesame Crusted Tuna Tataki

Tuna tataki is a Japanese dish, a type of shasimi, which is thinly sliced, lightly seared raw fish. The fish is usually garnished and served with a dipping sauce in many recipes it is also coated with a crust of sesame seeds before searing.

What do you need

500 grams of tuna fillet 5 grams of peppercorns 200 ml of soy sauce 35 grams of extra virgin olive oil 100 grams of sesame seeds 60 grams of brown sugar 4 cloves of garlic 1 tablespoon of vinegar 10 grams of chopped ginger 20 grams of miso

How to proceed

Mash the garlic and ginger and add them to the soy sauce, then season with brown sugar, 10 grams of miso, a little extra virgin olive oil and a drizzle of vinegar. Stir, dip the tuna in and leave it to marinate for 15 minutes. Put the peppercorns and aromatic herbs in the pestle and pound gently.

Remove the tuna from the marinade, toast the sesame seeds in a pan and season with a little soy sauce, pepper, then put them on a plate. Brush the tuna fillet with the remaining miso, pass it in the toasted sesame seeds and press well to make the sesame adhere to the fillet, then cook it on the hot plate, with a drizzle of oil, for a few minutes, so that it is caramelized outside and raw inside.

When cooked, cut the tuna into slices that are not too thin, put it in the soy sauce.

For a minimal but very Zen presentation, prepare a green salad or finely chopped cabbage, slice the tuna fillet and arrange it in a fan shape and season with a drizzle of oil.