Moroccan-spiced tuna

Moroccan-spiced tuna

Jazz up tuna with Moroccan spices for a super fast meal

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 10 minutes

Method

  1. Put the coriander, garlic, spices and lemon juice into a blender and blitz to a purée. With the motor running, slowly add the olive oil until you get a smooth, thick sauce. Set aside.
  2. Sit the tuna steaks in a non-metallic dish and cover with two-thirds of the sauce. Cover with cling film, then leave to marinate in the fridge for about 20 mins (or for up to 4hrs).
  3. Heat a griddle pan or grill. Shake off any excess marinade, season the tuna steaks, then cook for 2-4 mins, depending on thickness for medium rare, turning once (cook 2 mins more for well done). Drizzle over the remaining sauce paste to finish. Try serving with new potatoes; for a Moroccan twist, toss melted butter, harissa spice mix and chopped coriander leaves through the potatoes.

Per serving

623 kcalories, protein 54g, carbohydrate 1g, fat 45 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 0g, salt 0.29 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2006.

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  • 01 March 2008

    Kate rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Easy to make and very tasty. I didn't save any of the sauce paste - just added it all, left to marinade for approx half an hour and then griddled - it was lovely.

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  • 19 June 2008

    barbichef rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Wonderful taste, will make this again. i also served with the suggested potatoes. Made my own harissa mix from chilli flakes, garlic, salt, corriander and cumin powder, dried mint, lemon juice and oil. Basically a flat tspeach of dry ingredients, 3 cloves of garlic, uice half lemon and 2 tblspns oil. Salt and pepper shaken I to taste. It keeps in a covered dish or small container in the fridge for a few weeks. excellent to add to other dishes also.

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  • 31 July 2008

    fran rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Extremely simple to make but looks impressive on the plate! It's really fresh and fragrant - will be making it frequently.

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  • 17 August 2008

    Helen Hodgson rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    very tasty - definitely my favourite way to cook tuna.

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  • 29 August 2008

    Twinklestar rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I had everything out for this and went out at the last minute for the coriander only to realize I had no idea what the translation was in Dutch and couldn't find any with similar looking names, so tried fresh oregano, which I really wasn't sure about. It turned out lovely, with a very fresh taste which I enjoyed even though I don't usually like fish. Will definitely try and find coriander though next time I cook this though.

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  • 29 October 2008

    ThomMich rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Have made this a few times. It looks and tastes so impressive for such a simple recipe.

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  • 06 February 2009

    Kedgeree rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I loved this recipe. Served it with a lovely green salad and the Harissa couscous in the Dec 2008 Good Food.

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  • 09 February 2009

    Leamac83 commented on this recipe

    This was delicious, i just cooked on a griddle with but didnt add extra sauce at the end as i served it with the aubergine side dish with that sauce. Lovely. Corriander in Dutch is just Korriander by the way twinklestar.

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  • 08 May 2009

    LadyV rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very easy and very tasty dish. I cut back back on the olive oil by about a third to save the calories and also heated the sauce. Would recommend warming your plates if you're having the tuna quite rare. Delish!

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  • 03 August 2009

    Jacqui Sayers commented on this recipe

    Very yummy and very easy. Looks fabulous too!

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    20 October 2009

    Lau rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Cooked this yesterday and was AMAZING!!! I served it on a bed of pearl barley and peas which I seasoned by heating up the excess marinade and mixing in.

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    28 March 2010

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  • 14 September 2010

    Emily Jefferson rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Yum! I used lime juice instead of lemon. Fantastic, zesty, and simple. I'll be doing this on a weekly basis (may try with salmon too).

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  • 11 February 2011

    Mags Wallace commented on this recipe

    Made for tea tonight and everyone loved it. Also served potatoes with butter, coriander and harissa paste which also went down very well. On the do again list.

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  • 24 March 2011

    Dave2207 commented on this recipe

    Tried this a few weeks ago and loved it! Works really well with lamb too.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 10 minutes

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Per serving

623 kcalories, protein 54g, carbohydrate 1g, fat 45 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 0g, salt 0.29 g

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