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Signature Dishes: Tuna Crudo Recipe from Benjamin Dayag

Locations in this article:  Los Angeles, CA

Today Peter Greenberg Worldwide broadcast from L’Ermitage Beverly Hills. On the air, you probably heard Peter talk with Benjamin Dayag, Chef de Cusine of Livello, who has put together a menu that marries Italian and Asian flavors.

If Peter’s interview with the chef has you salivating, make your own fusion mash-up with this Tuna Crudo recipe:

Ingredients

3 ounces big-eye tuna, or the freshest tuna available
1 each mini tangerine, cut into supremes
Mitzuba or flat leaf parsley

Ginger Crumble Recipe
3/4 cup bread flour
1/2 cup almond flour
1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
1 tablespoon grated ginger
1 tablespoon ginger powder

Yuzu-Truffle Vinaigrette
1.5 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons yuzu juice
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 teaspoon black truffle oil
1/3 cup grapeseed oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Ginger Crumble Method:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit
2. Place all ingredients except butter in a robot coupe and pulse to mix evenly.
3. Slowly add the butter to the mix until a dough forms.
4. Roll dough out to 1/8 of an inch thick.
5. Bake dough for 18 minutes until golden brown.
7. Cool dough and pulse in robot coupe until crumble forms.

Yuzu-Truffle Vinaigrette Method:
1. Mix all ingredients except grapeseed oil together in a bowl with a whisk.
2. Slowly add oil into mix until emulsified together.
3. Season with salt and pepper.

Assembly:

Thinly slice tuna and place in a line on the plate.
Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of crumble onto tuna.
Place tangerine supremes next to the crumble.
Spoon a tablespoon of vinaigrette onto tuna.
Top with mitzuba and sea salt.

By Benjamin Dayag for PeterGreenberg.com