Italian Caper and Anchovy Sauce Recipe

Ingredients:

* 4 Large tuna steaks – see note 1
* 100 ml (4 fl oz) Extra virgin olive oil
* Lemon zest from one small lemon (finely chopped)
* 40 g (2 ½ oz) Capers (finely chopped)
* 3 g (½ tsp) French mustard
* 10 g (1 tbs) Anchovy paste
* 10 ml (a bit less than ½ oz) Lemon juice
* Salt for seasoning

Methods:

Pour the olive oil into a small glass bowl.Add the lemon zest.Add the capers,Add the mustard,Add the anchovy paste,Add the lemon juice,Finally, add the salt according to taste.

Next, take a small pan and fill it half way with boiling water. Now, set the heat to low and simmer the water (not boiling).Put the glass bowl, containing all the ingredients, over the pan (the bowl should not touch the water) and cook bain Marie for about 5 minutes. While cooking, gently stir with a spoon. This technique allows the ingredients to blend together without subjecting the sauce to excessive heat. After 5 minutes turn the heat off and leave the bowl on the pan, to keep the sauce warm.

Next, brush the tuna steaks with olive oil.Put the grill pan over the heat for 5 minutes so it will be very hot and ready for the steaks.Then, put the tuna steaks onto the grill pan.These are the steaks turned after 2 minutes cooking on one side.Finally, cover each of the steaks with some of the caper and anchovy sauce you have prepared.