Portuguese Fisherman's Baked Tuna

Recipe Ingredients

4 lbs	1816g / 64oz	Tuna filet, preferably albacore - butterflied
4		Bacon
1		Bay leaf
1		Garlic clove - chopped
1/2		Onion - thinly sliced (large)
		Coarse salt or sea salt - to taste
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Black peppercorns
2 tablespoons	30ml	Extra-virgin olive oil
		Lemon wedges - for garnish
		Italian parsley or cilantro sprigs - for garnish

Recipe Instructions

Lay tuna on large sheet of heavy-duty foil. Lay 2 slices bacon, bay leaf, garlic, quarter of onion, salt, peppercorns and 1 tablespoon oil in center of fish. Press fish closed. Rub remaining oil over surface of fish, lay remaining bacon and onion on top and tightly seal foil.

Place in open roasting pan and bake at 325 degrees until done but still moist, 9 to 10 minutes per pound, or 35 to 40 minutes. Halfway through cooking time, open foil, check for doneness, turn tuna over and spoon juices over fish. Reseal and finish baking.

Remove tuna to work surface, being careful to reserve juices. Discard onion, bacon and bay leaf. Cut or break tuna into chunks and arrange pieces on platter. Taste for salt, pour reserved cooking juices over and garnish with lemon slices and parsley or cilantro.

This recipe yields 12 servings.

Each serving: 199 calories; 80 mg sodium; 46 mg cholesterol; 8 grams fat; 1 grams carbohydrates; 28 grams protein; 0.03 gram fiber.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 08-04-1999

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