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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. To prepare the heavy foil for cooking fish: | 2. Butter one side of the foil along the area where the tuna will be placed for cooking. | 3. Lay one half of the pepper slices on the buttered foil. | 4. Lay citrus slices within the pepper-slice ring, (alternating, orange, lime, lemon, etc.); set prepared foil aside until ready to use. | 5. PREPARE THE TUNA. | 6. Place the albacore tuna onto its back; Prop it up if you have to, but it should be on its back until ready to cook. | 7. With a sharp chef's knife, make small incisions in the internal flesh, being careful not to puncture through the skin. | 8. Insert capers in the incisions, using all, but a few capers in your "measure". | 9. Pour all of the lime juice into the fish cavity; with your basting brush, paint the inside of the albacore tuna well with fresh lime juice, forcing the juice into the incisions. | 10. Set the tuna aside, on its back, to allow lime juice to penetrate the Tuna flesh, while you are preparing the stuffing. | 11. At this point, you should start your barbecue on HIGH SETTING. If you are accustomed to using a charcoal barbecue, then use plenty of coals, keeping them to one side when fish is set on the grill, in its foil pouch. (If using oven method, preheat to 350°F). | 12. PREPARE THE STUFFING. | 13. Melt one half of the butter in large skillet. | 14. Add 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil to skillet. | 15. To the skillet: add chopped green onion, and saute lightly, to clarify; Remove onion and set aside. | 16. To the skillet: add chopped garlic and saute lightly, stirring all the while; Remove garlic and set aside. | 17. To the skillet: add chopped toasted bread, and stir until all of the butter has been absorbed. Remove bread and set aside in a large mixing bowl. | 18. To the skillet, add a little olive oil if needed, ouzo, fennel seed, dill, lemon basil, oregano, cooked onion, garlic. | 19. Mix well, to blend all flavours; stir continuously until all the oil has been absorbed; It will only take a minute or two. | 20. Remove from skillet and add to the cooked bread in the mixing bowl. | 21. Add well-beaten egg and chopped shrimp; mix well, blending all of the ingredients. | 22. Scoop stuffing mixture into the fish cavity, pack it well. | 23. Seal the opening with poultry needle and string and pat the tuna dry. | 24. Lay stuffed tuna carefully onto the peppers and citrus, buttered foil. | 25. With the remaining butter, slather the upper side of the fish body; place pepper and citrus slices on fish, along the fish's body, alternating with slices of orange, lime, lemon as you did with foil preparation; (slices of pepper surrounding citrus slices). | 26. Wrap fish, loosely, crimping and folding the foil ends (upward), up to keep in juices. | 27. At this point it is time to reduce the barbecue heat to LOW SETTING. For charcoal method, move your coals to one side, and cook with Lid on BBQ. | 28. Place foil package on barbecue -- Lower the lid and allow to cook, for 10-12 minutes per pound. | 29. During last 10 minutes of cooking, open foil bag, and continue cooking, with lid open, basting frequently with accumulated juices. | 30. Sprinkle the remaining capers over the cooked tuna. | 31. Serve with sides of your choosing, and plenty of dry white wine; once again, of your choosing. | 32. Serves 10-12 people, comfortably. | 33. Times: Prep time - 40 minutes, includes cutting, chopping, preparation of Albacore Tuna. | 34. Cook time -1-1/2 - 2 hours. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
albacore tuna	1			25.2167	0.0	5.61	0.1417
shrimp	1	lb	deveined chopped	321.8674	4.1253	61.6988	4.5787
egg	1		beaten	71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755
butter	1/2	cup	softened divided	684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6
extra virgin olive oil	1/4	cup		25.2167	0.0	5.61	0.1417
lime juice	1			3.7812	1.2735	0.0635	0.0106
lime	1		sliced	-	-	-	-
lemon	1		sliced	1.2808	0.4116	0.0486	0.0132
orange	1		sliced	2.2312	0.5489999999999999	0.046	0.0106
green onion	3		chopped	57.51	12.2262	2.0661	1.0011
garlic clove	4		crushed chopped	25.2167	0.0	5.61	0.1417
red bell pepper	3		sliced	25.2167	0.0	5.61	0.1417
rye bread	3 -4	slices	toasted chopped	-	-	-	-
fennel seed	1/2	teaspoon	toasted	3.45	0.5229	0.158	0.1487
dill	1/2	teaspoon		3.2025	0.5793	0.1678	0.1527
lemon basil	1/2	teaspoon		25.2167	0.0	5.61	0.1417
oregano	1/2	teaspoon		1.325	0.3446	0.045	0.0214
caper	2	teaspoons		1.3187	0.2804	0.1353	0.0493
ouzo	1	ounce		25.2167	0.0	5.61	0.1417

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.