Tonight's Albacore Tuna!

     While in the middle of playing Gran Turismo, my husband and brother-in-law were talking about Matrix's availability for food tasting; He is such a big fish guy! So the other day my husband and I picked up some albacore tuna since we've been eating a lot of fish lately. I can't tell you how much fish we have been consuming over the last few months. Coming from an archipelago country where you are surrounded by water, 90 % of the meals we ate included seafood and fresh veggies. Writing this blog makes me really miss the Philippines especially the easy access to fresh seafood and the free harvest from the neighborhood's garden (LOL!). But thankfully we live in Puget Sound where you can find good seafood on a daily basis. My only concern now is finding this neighborhood with nice people who will let me harvest their crops. So in the meantime here is my Albacore tuna with mango salsa and creamy mashed potatoes for you to enjoy while I start hunting.

Mango Salsa!

Ingredients:

1 large mango (diced)

1 jalapeño chilli (minced)

1 medium red onion (minced)

1 red bell pepper (diced)

1 lime (juice extracted and reserved)

1 lemon (juice extracted and reserved)

1/4 cup coarsely chopped cilantro

Pinch of salt and pepper

Mix all ingredients! Set aside in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

Creamy Mashed Potato with Bacon and Spinach!

Ingredients:

24 oz baby Yukon gold potatoes

1 pack frozen spinach

5 slices bacon (cooked and crumbled)

1 large shallots (minced)

1 1/2 cup heavy cream

1/2 grated Parmesan cheese

1/4 cup butter

Pinch of salt and pepper

Procedure:

     In a large pot place potatoes, cover with cold water, and add a generous amount of salt. Bring the water to boil and simmer potatoes for 15 minutes or until potatoes are fork tender. Drain potatoes in a colander and set aside.

     Defrost spinach in the microwave about 8 minutes. Squeeze out juice of the spinach using cheesecloth. Set aside!

1. In a pan, crisped bacon over medium high heat, scooped out bacon and set aside.

2. Saute shallots using grease from bacon.

3. Add the reserved potatoes in a pan and mash with potato masher until you get your desired consistency.

4. Put in the spinach, mixing with the mashed potatoes.

5. Lower heat and pour in heavy cream and Parmesan cheese.

6. Add the butter and bacon. Salt and pepper to taste!

7. Enjoy!

Albacore Tuna!

3 pieces of Albacore Tuna

3/4 cup good olive oil

     Sprinkle a generous amount of salt and pepper on each side of the fish. Coat frying pan with olive oil about 3/4 cup over medium heat. When oil is hot enough seared tuna about 3 minutes each side. Avoid overcooking the fish if you don't want to eat dry tuna. You may want your fish to be medium-rare or rare in the inside.

     I would suggest you cook the fish last after your done with the creamy mashed potatoes. Mango salsa should also be done ahead of time, just make sure you store it in the refrigerator once its ready. You can serve this dish with mango salsa on top of the tuna or on the side like the picture shown above. Salsa is also good with any other grilled, pan fried or seared dishes, I tried this with grilled pork chop and it works really good. Great for chips also during game time!

-Love-