Ahi Tuna Tartare Tower Recipe

  Japanese Seafood

Ingredients:
12 oz. fresh salmon
12 oz. fresh Ahi tuna
2 medium-sized avocados
2 T finely chopped onions
2 oz. Oriental seaweed marinated in Wasabi (obtained at gourmet makets)
4 T sesame oil
2 t. rice vinegar
1 t. brown sugar
lemon juice to taste
crispy noodles
toasted sesame seeds

Directions:
Dice separately salmon, tuna and avocados. Combine onions with avocados.

Use a quart tin mold like a Roma tomato paste can, open at both ends.

Gently layer mold starting with layer of tuna, avocado, and salmon. Chill in refrigerator for at least one hour. To serve, unmold on a plate and pour dressing over tower.

To make dressing, combine sesame oil, vinegar, brown sugar and lemon juice.

Garnish with seaweed, crispy noodles and sesame seeds. To serve, slice tower and garnish each serving with additional seaweed, noodles and sesame seeds. An optional garnish is a dollop of caviar on the side of the plate.
Serves six

Ahi Tuna Tartare Tower
 

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