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🍽️ Tuna steaks on tomato and onion salad with vanilla dressing

734 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 4 beefsteak tomatoes
• 1 red onion
• 2 handfuls mixed salad leaves
• 2 vanilla pods
• 1 unpeeled lime
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 8 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp white balsamic vinegar
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• 4 fresh tuna steaks (approx. 160 g each)

Instructions

1. 1. Wash the tomatoes thoroughly.
2. 2. Cut the tomatoes into thick slices.
3. 3. Peel the onion.
4. 4. Halve the onion.
5. 5. Cut the onion into thin strips.
6. 6. Wash the leaf salad.
7. 7. Shake the leaf salad dry carefully.
8. 8. Slice the vanilla pods lengthwise.
9. 9. Scrape the seeds out of the vanilla pods.
10. 10. Rinse the lime under hot water.
11. 11. Dry the lime.
12. 12. Peel the lime zest into strips.
13. 13. Squeeze the lime juice.
14. 14. Put the lime juice, zest, sugar and vanilla seeds in a pot.
15. 15. Let the mixture simmer slightly in the pot.
16. 16. Add 6 tablespoons of olive oil.
17. 17. Add the vinegar.
18. 18. Season the dressing with salt and pepper.
19. 19. Wash the tuna.
20. 20. Pat the tuna dry.
21. 21. Heat a grill pan.
22. 22. Add the remaining olive oil to the hot grill pan.
23. 23. Sear the tuna on each side for 1 to 2 minutes.
24. 24. Make sure the core in the middle remains raw.
25. 25. Season the tuna with salt and pepper.
26. 26. Arrange the tomatoes on plates.
27. 27. Add the leaf salad to the tomatoes.
28. 28. Add the onions.
29. 29. Place the tuna on the salad.
30. 30. Drizzle the dish with the vinaigrette.
31. 31. Serve the salad.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 734
• Protein: 45 g · Fett/Fat: 52 g · Carbs: 22 g