Seared Tuna with Tomato Bread Salad

Name: Seared Tuna with Tomato Bread Salad
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice; 1 sprig fresh thyme; 2 sprigs fresh rosemary broken in half; 1 clove garlic crushed; 1/4 cup olive oil; And 1 teaspoon olive oil; 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar or mild white vinegar; Freshly ground black pepper; 4 tuna steaks 1 inch thick; Three ½-inch-thick slices country bread, cut into ¼-inch cubes; 2 cups ½-inch wedges ripe tomatoes about 3 large tomatoes; 1 cup peeled, seeded, and cubed cucumbers; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil leaves; ¼ teaspoon chopped fresh oregano leaves; 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; ½ red onion, diced; 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar; 12 Gaeta or kalamata olives, pitted; Kosher salt; freshly ground black pepper

11 steps

Another delicious recipe from Stanley Tucci

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 04:01:47 GMT

Ingredients

4 servings

3 tablespoonslemon juice

freshly squeezed

1 sprigfresh thyme

2 sprigsfresh rosemary

broken in half

1clove garlic

crushed

¼ cupolive oil

1 teaspoonolive oil

2 tablespoonssherry vinegar

or mild white vinegar

freshly ground black pepper

4tuna steaks

1 inch thick

Tomato Bread Salad

3 slicescountry bread

1/2-inch-thick, cut into 1/4-inch cubes

2 cupstomatoes

1/2-inch wedges, ripe, about large tomatoes

1 cupcucumbers

peeled, seeded, and cubed

2 tablespoonsfresh basil leaves

chopped

¼ teaspoonfresh oregano leaves

chopped

2 tablespoonsextra virgin olive oil

0.5red onion

diced

2 tablespoonsbalsamic vinegar

12Gaeta olives

or kalamata, pitted

kosher salt

freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

Step 1

In a shallow dish large enough to hold all the tuna steaks in a single layer, mix the lemon juice, thyme, rosemary, garlic, ¼ cup of the olive oil, vinegar, and pepper to taste.

Step 2

Add the tuna and coat with the marinade on both sides.

Step 3

Marinate the tuna at room temperature for at least 30 minutes but no more than 2 hours.

Step 4

To make the salad, preheat the oven to 300° F. Place the bread cubes on a baking sheet and bake, stirring occasionally, until dry, about 8 minutes.

Step 5

Do not brown. Set aside.

Step 6

In a large bowl, stir the tomato wedges, cucumbers, and salt and pepper to taste, basil, oregano, extra virgin olive oil, and onion.

Step 7

Set aside for 30 minutes.