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Atun Embarrado y su Ensalada Umami (Dirty Tuna with Umami Salad)

Name: Atun Embarrado y su Ensalada Umami (Dirty Tuna with Umami Salad)
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: Creamy potatoes; Potatoes; Red mojo; Cumin seeds; Paprika; sweet pepper; Cayenne pepper; Garlic; Extra virgin olive oil; White vinegar; Umami salad; Cherry Tomatoes; Mini courgette; Centres of onion; Zucchini Flowers; Sourdough for the tempura; Tuna; Red tuna

Chef Andrea Ravasio won the Fine Dining Lovers Food For Thought Award for the Iberian & Mediterranean Countries Region.

19 October, 2020

serves for

total time

0 HR 45 MIN

ingredients

Creamy potatoes

Potatoes

500 g

Red mojo

Cumin seeds

1 teaspoon

Paprika

1 teaspoon

sweet pepper

Cayenne pepper

Garlic

Extra virgin olive oil

1 cup

White vinegar

1/4 cup

Umami salad

Cherry tomatoes

Mini courgette

Centres of onion

Zucchini flowers

Sourdough for the tempura

3 teaspoon

Tuna

Red tuna

300 g

This is a typical and ancient recipe from the Canary Islands, so-called because the tuna is soaked in the red mojo sauce before it is cooked. The dish has been somewhat modernised, and includes some very important ingredients of Canarian gastronomy: Canarian patudo (local red tuna), and Andean potatoes.

Step 01

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Fot creamy potatoes

Peel potatoes and put them in hot water to boil until they are completely cooked. We roast half an onion, cut in brunoise, put it in thermomix with the cooked potatoes, and add salt. Mix it to obtain a very creamy texture.

Step 02

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With the skin of the potatoes and onion, we do a broth to improve the flavour of potato in the dish, putting a few drops of it on the creamy potatoes.

Roast them in a pot, add 1l water and boil to reduce to a texture like a demi-glace.

Step 03

Courgette Flower tempura by Andrea Ravasio

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The umami salad

Boil the mini courgettes for 1 minute in salted water, then the hearts of onion for 20 seconds. Roast them and the cherry tomatoes in a hot pan and put aside.

Courgette flower tempura

Mix the sourdough with a little bit of water, soak the flowers in the tempura and fry in hot oil until they are crunchy.

Step 04

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Tuna and red mojo

For the mojo, put in the thermomix all the ingredients and mix. Now we can marinade the tuna in the mojo and then cook it in a hot pan on all 4 sides (circa 15 seconds for each side if you want to eat it rare).