Recipe - Baked Fresh Tuna In Tomato Puree

4 6ounce fresh tuna steaks
1 cup Fish stock or clam juice
1/8 teaspoon Black pepper
1/8 teaspoon Grated nutmeg
2 tablespoon Plus 2 tsp. tomato sauce
1/8 teaspoon Dried oregano or One fourth tsp.
fresh
Three fourths Lemon; juiced
1 tablespoon Plus 1 tsp. fresh parsley;
finely minced

Prep: 5 min, Cook: 20 min.

Preheat oven to 350°F. Arrange tuna in a baking pan. Pour fish stock over
tuna and season with pepper and nutmeg. Cover with a buttered piece of
foil. Bake 15 minutes, until fish flakes when tested with a fork, lifting
the foil and basting fish occasionally. Transfer tuna to a warm serving
dish. Pour pan liquid into a heavy nonreactive saucepan and boil 45
minutes, or until mixture is reduced in volume by half. Stir in tomato
sauce and oregano and simmer until hot. Add lemon juice and serve sauce
over fish. Sprinkle with parsley.

Posted to recipeludigest by molony molony@scsn.net on Mar 04, 1998