Baked Fresh Tuna In Tomato Purã©e

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Seafood			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4		6-ounce fresh tuna steaks
1	c	Fish stock or clam juice
1/8	t	Black pepper
1/8	t	Grated nutmeg
2	T	Plus 2 tsp. tomato sauce
1/8	t	Dried oregano or 1/4 tsp.
		fresh
3/4		Lemon, juiced
1	T	Plus 1 tsp. fresh parsley
		finely minced

INSTRUCTIONS

Prep: 5 min, Cook: 20 min.  Preheat oven to 350Â°F. Arrange tuna in a
baking pan. Pour fish stock  over tuna and season with pepper and
nutmeg. Cover with a buttered  piece of foil. Bake 15 minutes, until
fish flakes when tested with a  fork, lifting the foil and basting fish
occasionally. Transfer tuna  to a warm serving dish. Pour pan liquid
into a heavy nonreactive  saucepan and boil 4-5 minutes, or until
mixture is reduced in volume  by half. Stir in tomato sauce and oregano
and simmer until hot. Add  lemon juice and serve sauce over fish.
Sprinkle with parsley.  Posted to recipelu-digest by molony
<molony@scsn.net> on Mar 04, 1998

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 96 Calories From Fat: 46 Total Fat: 5.1g Cholesterol: 186mg Sodium: 234.3mg Potassium: 259.1mg Carbohydrates: 6.8g Fiber: <1g Sugar: 3.1g Protein: 7.1g

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