Tuna With Tomato-basil Sauce (tonno Alla Livornese)

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large onion, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup celery, chopped
• 1/4 cup fresh italian parsley, finely chopped
• 1 garlic clove, chopped
• 1 1/2 lbs ripe plum tomatoes, peeled, coarsely chopped
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 cup fresh basil, torn into bite-size pieces
• 4 (6 ounce) tuna steaks (bout 1 inch thick)
• fresh basil sprig

Recipe

• 1 heat 1 tablespoon oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat.
• 2 add onion, celery, parsley and garlic. sauté until onion is tender but not brown, about 10 minutes.
• 3 add tomatoes and bay leaf.
• 4 cover and cook until sauce thickens, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes. (can be prepared 1 day ahead.)
• 5 cover and refrigerate. rewarm before continuing.
• 6 discard bay leaf.
• 7 mix in torn basil.
• 8 season sauce to taste with salt and pepper.
• 9 sprinkle tuna with salt and pepper.
• 10 heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in another heavy large skillet over medium-high heat.
• 11 add tuna and cook until golden and just opaque in center, about 3 minutes per side.
• 12 transfer tuna to platter.
• 13 spoon sauce over tuna.
• 14 garnish with basil sprigs.