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Tonight I decided to prepare seared ahi, a dish I regularly enjoyed ‘back in the day’. But as you all should be used to by now, I wanted to try something different and preparing it using sous vide sounded like a wonderful way to go. So after doing some research, I opted to use the information provided by the Serious Eats crew for preparing ahi using sous vide. The beauty of this dish is it’s simplicity, it’s richness, and it’s versatility. And for this preparation, I opted to cook the ahi with no seasoning or oils until time to sear. This decision allows me full latitude to enjoy the tuna as well as indulge whatever flavors that pique my tastebuds…
I made this sauce for the Sous vide Seared Ahi dish and just knew I had to share it as a separate post. This sauce is beyond description – slightly sweet, slightly sour, slightly spicy and simply amazing. I decided to use some local honey (my neighbor keeps bees and always a shares some of his honey with me!) instead of sugar to simplify this sauce from a standard gastrique. I thought sweet and sour are great and all, but I wanted to add a bit of heat to it… and hot red chilis were available at my local store. So I added them to this sauce and kicked it up just a little bit, which I think you will enjoy. Give it a try on seared…