Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
• 1 tablespoon fennel seeds
• 4 x 80gpiece tuna
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

• ¼ cauliflower, thinly sliced
• 500ml full cream milk
• 1tablespoon squid ink
• Poached fennel
• 500mlvegetable stock
• 1 baby fennel, trimmed and quartered
• Juice of one lemon
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 radish, finely sliced, to serve
• 1green apple, cut into 1cm cubes, to serve
• Micro cress, to serve

Method

Preparation: 20 minutes
Cooking: 25 minutes

1. Dry roast spices in a small frying pan over medium heat until fragrant. Cool, grind to a fine powder.

2. For cauliflower and squid ink puree; place cauliflower into a medium saucepan, pour over the milk and bring to the boil, simmer until tender. Add squid ink and simmer for 5 minutes. Season with salt, strain cauliflower, reserving liquid. Place cauliflower in food processor and process until smooth, adding a little of the reserved liquid if necessary.

3. Pour stock into a medium saucepan and bring to a simmer, place quartered fennel in stock, and cook gently for 10 minutes or until tender. Drain.

4. Drizzle tuna with olive oil and sprinkle with spices. Heat a frying pan over medium-high heat until hot. Sear the tuna, 2 pieces at a time for one minute on all sides. Remove to a plate and season with salt.

5. To serve, combine lemon juice and olive oil in a bowl. Add radish and apple and toss to coat. Smear a line of cauliflower puree onto the plate, next to it place a piece of tuna and top with a fennel quarter. Decorate plate with dressed radish and apple and cress.