Grilled Tuna With Lemon Anchovy Butter

Recipe Ingredients

4 tablespoons	60ml	Butter - at room temperature
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Anchovy paste
1 teaspoon	5ml	Lemon juice
1 tablespoon	15ml	Chopped fresh parsley
		Salt
		Freshly-ground black pepper
4		Tuna steaks - about 1 inch thick (about 2 pounds in all)
1 tablespoon	15ml	Cooking oil

Recipe Instructions

1. Light the grill or heat the broiler. In a small bowl, combine the butter, anchovy paste, lemon juice, parsley, and a pinch each of salt and pepper.

2. Coat the tuna with the oil. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Cook the tuna for 4 minutes. Turn and cook until done to your taste, 3 to 4 minutes longer for medium rare. Top the hot fish with the flavored butter.

Fish Alternatives: The lemon anchovy butter would also be very good with grilled halibut, swordfish, or salmon steaks.

Variation Grilled Tuna with Sun-Dried-Tomato Basil Butter Mix 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil, 3 chopped oil-packed or reconstituted sun-dried tomatoes, and a pinch each of salt and pepper into 4 tablespoons room-temperature butter. Use this mixture in place of the lemon anchovy butter.

Source:
Food and Wine Magazine

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