Seared Sesame Tuna Salad

Temperatures are heating up, and refreshing cool salads can be a great hit for lunch or dinner. This recipe combines the light flavor of high quality tuna with our Pastamore Asian Ginger Olive Oil. This is a restaurant quality dish at a fraction of the price.

Ingredients:        Serves 4
1 lb raw tuna, sashimi grade
1 avocado
2 apricots
1/2 cup roasted chickpeas (or croutons)
1 cucumber
8 cups chopped lettuce
1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp Pastamore Asian Ginger Olive Oil
To taste salt and black pepper

Directions:
1. Evenly cut avocado and apricots into pieces.

2. Heat a large non-stick pan on the stove over medium heat.

3. Cut tuna into 4 pieces and add to a large mixing bowl along with 2 Tbsp Pastamore Asian Ginger Oil. Mix until the fish is coated. Season to taste with salt and black pepper, and then liberally coat exterior with sesame seeds.

4. Add tuna to pan. Cook to desired temperature cooking on all 4 sides. High quality sushi grade tuna is best served rare/medium-rare.

5. Combine cucumber and lettuce into a large bowl along with 1/4 cup Pastamore Asian Ginger Olive Oil. Mix well and season with salt and black pepper.

6. Plate lettuce mixture, add the salmon, and top with the apricot and avocado mix. Garnish the dish with the roasted chick peas.