NOTE: I spend my Wednesdays Unplugged from appointments. It's my day to stay home, enjoy cooking and welcome our kids and grandkids for dinner in the evening. We end our meal with quotes from the Norwegian 'Quote Cup' passed on to me from my grandmother. I share a quote and a recipe here each week, and sometimes some photos of family fun. I love trying new recipes…and love getting recipes you would like to share!
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"The highest reward for a person's work is not what they get for it, but what they become by it." ~ John Ruskin
How can it already be February?! We were happy to learn that our son-in-law's father, who was in Haiti at the time of the earthquake, is now safely back home in the US.
RECIPE OF THE WEEK
I found this week's recipe at Epicurious.com, inspired by fresh tuna on sale last week at Byerly's. The sauce had rave reviews, and was mighty tasty but a bit salty for my taste…I would use low sodium soy sauce next time. I made the sauce first, which worked well. I hadn't cooked fresh tuna before…it cooks very quickly!
PAN-SEARED TUNA with GINGER-SHIITAKE CREAM SAUCE
recipe from Epicurious.com
6 6-ounce tuna steaks, each about 1 inch thick
- 2 tablespoons peanut oil
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1/3 cup thinly sliced green onions
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped peeled fresh ginger
- 4 garlic cloves, chopped
- 8 ounces fresh shiitake mushrooms, stemmed, caps sliced
- 6 tablespoons soy sauce (low sodium)
- 1 1/2 cups whipping cream
- 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- Optional garnish – lime wedges, fresh cilantro sprigs
Preheat oven to 200 degrees F. Sprinkle 1 side of tuna steaks with pepper. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large skillet over high heat. Place tuna steaks, pepper side down, in hot oil and sear 2 minutes. Turn tuna over and continue cooking to desire doneness, about 2 minutes for rare. Transfer tuna to rimmed baking sheet; keep warm in oven.
Add butter, sliced green onions, cilantro, ginger and chopped garlic to same skillet and saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Mix in mushrooms and soy sauce and simmer 30 seconds. Add whipping cream and simmer until sauce lightly coats back of spoon, about 3 minutes. Stir in lime juice. Spoon sauce onto plates; arrange tuna atop sauce. Garnish with lime wedges and cilantro sprigs, if desired.
Sharlene Hensrud, RE/MAX Results – Email – HomesMSP.com
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