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Bigeye Tuna, 500gm Portion

from $ 17.47 | incl. 12.5 % Tax | excl. Shipping costs

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QTY: pack(s) | approx. 0.50 kg(s) per pack

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Tuesday to Friday

Bigeye is a favourite fish of many chefs with its fantastic flavour, texture, and lots of flesh with no bone. It is considered a premium flesh for sashimi. Bigeye forms the centrepiece for any dish. It also cooks brilliantly and is easy to prepare.

Tunas have firm, thick fillets and make succulent meat substitutes. Cutlets and steaks can be cooked by grilling, barbecuing, baking, smoking, poaching or marinating. Grilled or barbecued, tunas are best seared and left rare centrally. Highlight with intense flavours such as charred capsicum, eggplant, balsamic vinegar and olive oil dressings on a bed of bitter greens and aioli, roasted garlic, and Japanese wasabi, soy and pickled ginger. Alternatively, prepare a baked dinner of tuna, with a herbed crust to seal in the flavour and prevent it drying out.

Bigeye is caught in deeper, cooler water, has a higher fat content and longer shelf life than other tunas. The flesh of Bigeye Tuna is deep red.

Preparation: Most chefs prefer to use Big eye for Sashimi, Sushi or carpaccio dishes. If you have to cook it, searing it in a hot pan works well, but be very careful not to over cook it. The high fat content is ideal for grilling, roasting and pan searing.

Availability: Caught and available all year round.

Shelf life: Best consumed within 5 days of receiving product.

Eat tuna for your health: Tuna is an excellent source of Omega 3 (approx 0.5g per 100g) which helps in lowering blood cholesterol and maintaining a healthy circulatory system. Tuna is also a good source of vitamin B3 used for the nervous and digestive systems, the skin and the manufacture of hormones.

Suggested wines: Tuna flavours are definite, and well accompanied by medium to full-flavoured white styles and some reds.
A herbaceous semillon or vegetative sauvignon blanc will be pleasant with sashimi or grilled tuna.

Tuna Recipes:
Preparing Tuna Loins for Sashimi use
Tuna Steaks – guide to cooking and serving
Tar Tare of Fresh Big Eye Tuna
Tuna Tataki
Asian Tuna Soba Noodle Salad
Tuna Nicoise Salad
Tuna Tartare on White Bean Salad

Packaging & Delivery:
Every order is packed by hand in our insulated white polybins with special slow thawing gel icepacks to ensure your package travels safely and well chilled.

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This Product was added to our catalogue on Friday, 23. May 2008.

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