Recipe - Tuna Grilled Steaks With Fresh Fruit

One fourth cup Fresh basil leaves firmly
Packed
2/3 cup Mild olive oil
2 tablespoon Balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon Soy sauce
One half teaspoon Fresh ground black pepper
One fourth teaspoon Sugar
One fourth teaspoon Salt
4 Whole tuna steaks
One half cup Banana cut or sliced up
One half cup Pineapple minced
One half cup Mango minced
One half cup Papaya minced
2 tablespoon Fresh cilantro leaves
Chopped
2 tablespoon Butter
2 tablespoon Lemon juice
1 tablespoon Sugar

Place the basil leaves, olive oil, vinegar, soy sauce, pepper, sugar, salt
and 2 tablespoons hot water in a blender and puree. Arrange the tuna steaks
in a baking dish large enough to hold them in a single layer. Pour the
marinade over the fish. Cover and marinate for 34 hours in the
refrigerator turning the steaks occasionally. Prepare coals for grilling
for preheat the broiler.

Drain the tuna steaks and grill them over mediumhot coals or broil 45
inches from he heat until charred on the outside but still pink in the
center about 3 minutes turning the steaks once. Do not overcook. Remove
from the heat and place the steaks on warmed dinner plates. Melt 2
tablespoons butter in a large skillet over mediumhigh heat. Add to the
skillet the banana, pineapple, mango, papaya, fresh cilantro leaves, lemon
juice and sugar.

Saute just until the mixture is heated through about 30 seconds. Do not
overcook. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Spoon
the sauteed fruit mixture over the tuna and serve immediately.

Recipe By : Fruit Cookbook by Nicole Routhiers
Posted to MMRecipes Digest by "John Weber" hdbrer@ibm.net on May 06, 98