Tuna with pearl couscous

Recipes / Fish

A member of the mackerel family, tuna is a magnificent fish. Get the lowdown on this versatile ingredient and sample this great dish.

Recipe «Tuna with pearl couscous» presented in category Recipes / Fish, to prepare this dish you will need no more 25 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 120ml extra virgin olive oil, 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced, 1 bird’s-eye chilli, seeded, finely chopped, 300g grape tomatoes, halved, 50g tomato paste , 125ml dry white wine, 150g Blu Gourmet Pearl Couscous, 2 x 250g pieces yellowfin tuna , 2 small calamari tubes, cut into rings, 300g clams, rinsed, 1/2 cup small basil leaves.

Ingredients:

  • 120ml extra virgin olive oil 
  • 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 
  • 1 bird’s-eye chilli, seeded, finely chopped 
  • 300g grape tomatoes, halved 
  • 50g tomato paste 
  • 125ml dry white wine 
  • 150g Blu Gourmet Pearl Couscous 
  • 2 x 250g pieces yellowfin tuna 
  • 2 small calamari tubes, cut into rings 
  • 300g clams, rinsed 
  • 1/2 cup small basil leaves 

Instructions

  1. Heat 80ml (1/3 cup) oil in a frying pan over low–medium heat. Add garlic and chilli, and cook for 1 minute or until soft. Add tomatoes, tomato paste and 1 teaspoon salt, and cook for 2 minutes or until tomatoes soften slightly. Add wine and simmer for 5 minutes or until reduced by half. Add couscous and 310ml (1 1/4 cups) boiling water. Simmer for 10 minutes or until couscous is tender.
  2. Meanwhile, brush tuna with 1 tablespoon oil. Season both sides with salt and pepper. Heat a heavy-based frying pan over high heat and cook tuna for 1 minute each side for medium–rare. Transfer to a plate.
  3. Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil and calamari to pan and stir for 1 minute or until opaque. Remove from pan. Add clams and 60ml (1/4 cup) water to pan. Cover and cook for 3 minutes or until clams open.
  4. Cut tuna into quarters. Add calamari and basil to the couscous mixture and stir to combine. Strain clams through a fine sieve into the couscous mixture. Divide the couscous mixture, tuna and clams among bowls, and serve.