serves
4
prep
5 minutes
cook
5 minutes
difficulty
Easy
serves
4
people
preparation
5
minutes
cooking
5
minutes
difficulty
Easy
level
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Sesame leaf is native to East Asia. It's often used in Korean dishes – commonly for ssam, a dish where the leaves are filled with grilled meats and eaten as a type of lettuce wrap.
Ingredients
- 50 g sesame leaf (Korean shiso)
- 10 g ginger
- 60 g sesame oil, plus extra for cooking
- 60 g brown rice vinegar
- 60 g mirin
- 60 g white soy sauce
- 20 g grapeseed oil, plus more for dressing
- salt
- 500 g raw tuna, block cut
- pickled julienned cucumber, to serve
Instructions
- Finely slice sesame leaf and finely grate the ginger. In a medium frying pan, sauté the sesame leaf and ginger in a drizzle of sesame oil, making sure it doesn't brown. Set aside to cool.
- Once cooled, finely chop the sesame leaf until it forms a paste. In a mixing jug, combine 60 g each of brown rice vinegar, mirin, white soy and sesame oil with the sesame leaf paste. Pour in a little grapeseed oil to form the dressing.
- For the tuna, season lightly with salt. Heat a large frying pan over high heat, add the grapeseed oil and sear the tuna on each side for 30 seconds - 1 minute, depending on thickness, and set aside to cool.
- Slice the tuna and place on a plate, layer with pickled cucumber and spoon the sesame leaf dressing over the top.
Photography by Kitti Gould.
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Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
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Sesame leaf is native to East Asia. It's often used in Korean dishes – commonly for ssam, a dish where the leaves are filled with grilled meats and eaten as a type of lettuce wrap.
