Seafood » Tuna Tartare
Ingredients
For Toasted Baguette
- 1 large slice French baguette
- ½ tbsp olive oil
- sprinkle of salt
- sprinkle of pepper
Verde Sauce
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 anchovy, rinsed & chopped
- 1 tsp chopped capers
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- 1 tbsp chopped Italian parsley
- pinch of pepper
- 3 tbsp olive oil
For Tuna Tartine
- 2½ - 3 oz yellowfin tuna, ¼” dice
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 1 tsp chopped cornichons
- 1 tsp chopped capers
- 1 tsp diced shallots
- 2 tsp horseradish oil* or freshly-grated horseradish
- chopped Italian parsley
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- juice of ½ lemon
- 1-2 pitted nicoise olives, julienne cut
- microgreens for garnish
Horseradish Oil (optional)*
- ¼ cup finely-grated horseradish
- ½ cup canola oil
How-to
Make Horseradish Oil (optional - must be prepared 2 weeks in advance)
- Marinate ¼ cup finely-grated horseradish in ½ cup canola oil for 2 weeks
Toast Baguette
- Preheat oven to 350º
- Slice bread thinly on an extreme bias
- Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt & pepper
- Place on baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes
Make Verde Sauce
- Chop all ingredients and toss together
- Taste and adjust seasonings as desired
Mix Tartine
- Mix together all ingredients, reserving the lemon juice, micro greens and olive for plating
Plate
- Mound tuna mixture on toasted baguette
- Top with olives, micro greens and a dash of fresh lemon juice
- Drizzle verde sauce and serve
Robert Sisca
Roberts Sisca, Executive Chef of Bistro du Midi, is thrilled to bring a taste of Provence to Boston. Influenced by his time cooking in New England, he has tremendous respect for all things seafood, and an immense appreciation for local product. Seasonality is where Provencal cooking begins and ends for Sisca. There is no culinary trickery, it is simple food done beautifully.
A graduate of Johnson & Wales, Sisca worked his way through New England, including Gracie's in Providence and Bosun's Bistro in Nantucket. He then honed his culinary skills in New York City at One If By Land, Two If By Sea before becoming Executive Sous Chef at the renowned Le Bernardin. During his tenure there, Le Bernardin earned the coveted Michelin Three Star award and Four Stars by the New York Times.
At Bistro du Midi, Sisca has found the ideal opportunity to bring together his passion for ingredient-driven cuisine with his refined, classic technique.
Bistro du Midi
Robert Sisca, Executive Chef of Bistro du Midi will instruct you to impress your guests with a simple, refined appetizer. He mixes firm, cold sashimi-grade tuna with flavors inspired from Southern French cuisine. Capers, cornichons, horseradish oil and lemon juice all lend to the even flavor balance of saltiness, acidity and heat. Robert serves the tartare on a toasted baguette with an herbaceous verde sauce.
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