Tuna steak with spicy anchovy butter and caper berries

Time

Preparation time: 5 min.
Cooking or baking time: 5 min.
Rest period: 10 min.
Total preparation time: 20 min.

This dish does not taste many ingredients, tastes great, is prepared quickly and looks appealing: more criteria does not have to be met by an evening snack. The list of ingredients is short and self-explanatory by the tip title.

ingredients

  • 2 tuna steaks
  • some capers
  • about 80-100 g soft butter
  • about 5-6 anchovy fillets
  • Tarragon (preferably fresh or dried here)
  • pepper from the grinder
  • coarse herb salt
  • Oil for frying

preparation

  1. Finely chop the anchovies or cut into small pieces.
  2. Beat the soft butter until foamy for 1-2 minutes.
  3. Stir in tarragon, anchovies and pepper and chill.
  4. Heat the oil in the pan.
  5. Fry the tuna steaks in it from both sides over high heat for 1-2 minutes.
  6. Season with herb salt and pepper

Arrange steaks with capers and anchovy butter.

Add a piece of warm crispy baguette, which is also suitable for any leftover anchovy butter.

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