Tuna fish with pistachio crust

This is not exactly a Tuscan recipe, but yesterday I found very good tuna fish at reasonable prices at the Central Market and wanted to try. It was really good and I hope you can try this extremely fast and simple recipe at home. Tuna fish with pistachio crust is typical of Sicily, in Southern Italy.

 

 

 

Ingredients (for three portions)

• 3 slices of fresh tuna fish, about 2.5 cm (one inch) each
• shelled unsalted pistachio 100 gr
• extravergine olive oil
• salt
• pepper

 

 

 

Tuna fish with pistachio crust recipe

Step 1: with a mixer, roughly grind the pistachio;

 

 

 

 

 

Step 2: brush each part of the tuna fish with a mix of extravergine olive oil and a pinch of salt;

 

 

 

 

 

Step 3: lean the tuna fish slices on a bed of ground pistachio, on each side;

 

 

 

 

 

Step 4: cook the tuna fish in a nonstick pan with a bit of extravergine olive oil for no more than two minutes per side (medium/high heat);

Step 5: remove the slices from the pan and wait 3 minutes;

Step 6: cut the slices in stripes and serve on a bed of mixed salad, adding another pinch of salt and black pepper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here goes, in less than 15 minutes you have marinated tuna fish with pistachio crust, a very nice dish that you can prepare for yourself or your guests, giving a good account of yourself.