Spice-Rubbed Tuna Tortillas, Guacamole & Tomato Salsa
Ingredients
- 1 kg tuna loin
- 12 flour tortillas
- 100 ml crème fraiche
Mexican Spice Rub
- 1 tsp crushed dried red chillies
- 1 tbsp whole coriander seeds roasted
- 1 tbsp whole cumin seeds roasted
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 50 ml extra virgin olive oil
- Salt & pepper
- Juice of 2 limes
Tomato salsa
- 6 to matoes
- 1 red onion
- 1 chilli
- 1 clove garlic
- 10 g finely chopped ginger
- Juice of 2 limes
- 100 ml olive oil
- 10 g coriander
- Salt pepper & sugar.
Guacamole
- 2 avo’s
- 1 red chilli
- 1 tsp ginger grated
- ½ cup Greek yoghurt
- ½ cup coriander roughly chopped
- 2 tsp sugar
- Juice of 2 limes
- Salt & pepper
Instructions
- Grind all the rub ingredients in a mortar and pestle until well blended. Combine the spices with the olive oil and limejuice then rub the tuna with the mixture and leave to marinade for 20 minutes. Place the tuna on an oiled grill and cook for a couple of minutes on each side making sure you keep it nice and rare.
Salsa
- Finely chop the onion, garlic, chilli and ginger and combine with the lime juice and leave to macerate for 10 min Dice the tomatoes.
- Add the tomato & coriander to the onion mixture. Add the olive oil and the seasoning.
Guacamole
- Skin the avo’s and remove the pips. Mush the flesh up with a fork. Mix in the rest of the ingredients. Season to taste. The guacamole may need more lemon/lime juice depending on the avo’s.