Cooking With Tea

Tea-Smoked Tuna

Executive Chef Antonio Cardoso's seared tuna alternates between sweet, smokey and citrusy.
A glassy base of Tangerine Rooibos tea gelée is topped with evenly sliced tea-smoked tuna and a yuzu mayonnaise.

Take a bite of his Tangerine Rooibos smoked tuna alongside sweet yellow watermelon for a perfect pairing of sweet and savory.

Executive Chef Antonio Cardoso inspires a clean and smokey tangerine palate with this seared tuna, citrus, and refreshing yellow watermelon arrangement. Tea-smoked tuna alternates with sweet, ripe melon, and finisheded with a citrusy yuzu mayo and lemongrass foam.

Tie the bow with a touch of green micro herbs – that’s preTEA perfect!

Tea-Smoked Tuna with Tangerine Rooibos Gelée

INGREDIENTS
  • 1 Tangerine Rooibos Gelée (See Recipe Below)
  • 5 oz. Yellow Watermelon 
  • 1 Tea-Smoked and Seared Tuna Loin 
  • Yuzu Mayonnaise
  • Lemongrass Foam 
  • Micro Herbs
STEPS

  1. In a rectangular plate place the tea gelée.

  2. Cut watermelon into a perfect square - 2 in. on either side - to match the size of the seared tuna.

  3. Slice watermelon into ½ inch slices. Slice tuna into ½ in. slices.

  4. Alternate tuna and watermelon, placing slices along tea gelée.

  5. Top with lemongrass foam, garnish of micro herbs, and add small dots of Yuzu mayonnaise. Serve cold.

Rooibos Tea Gelée

INGREDIENTS
  • 2 oz. Tealeaves Tangerine Rooibos
  • 2 cups Water 
  • 3 oz. Gelatin Sheets
STEPS

  1. Brew tea with water and let steep.

  2. Add gelatin leaves and agave syrup.

  3. Place tea in shallow sheet pan & refrigerate, when cold and solidified cut in rectangular strips.

Tea-Smoked and Seared Tuna

INGREDIENTS
  • 5 oz. Tuna Loin (Sushi Grade) 
  • TEALEAVES Tangerine Rooibos
STEPS

  1. Cut tuna loin into a perfect square - 2 in. on either side.

  2. Place tuna in perforated pan and smoke tuna with tea (a smoking gun can be used).

  3. Remove tuna from perforated pan, and quickly pan sear to get a perfect rare temperature inside.

Yuzu Mayonnaise

INGREDIENTS
  • 2 oz. Mayonnaise
  • 2 oz. Yuzu Juice 
  • 2 oz. Sriracha
STEPS

  1. Combine yuzu, sriracha, and mayonnaise.

 

Lemongrass Foam

INGREDIENTS
  • 5 Lemongrass Stalks
  • 2 oz. Agave Syrup
  • 1 cup Fat Free Milk
  • 1 oz. Orange Zest 
  • 3 g. Soy Lecithin
STEPS

  1. Infuse milk with lemongrass, and orange zest.

  2. Cool down and add soy lecithin.

  3. Bur mox, to create a foam, let sit.

 

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