no-sushi tuna tower

Want to impress your guest, or have a romantic dinner at home? This quick and easy dinner is so simple to put together, but is also very elegant. Now this tuna tower uses canned tuna, but I do love the raw tuna towers you get at your favorite sushi restaurant. My version has a Mexican take on the popular dish. Here’s how you make it.

no-sushi tuna tower

makes 2 servings

• 2 – 3 oz. cans of albacore tuna – note: if you are pregnant you may not want to use albacore tuna
• 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon lemon pepper
• The juice of 1 lime
• Pinch of salt
• 1 teaspoon of chopped cilantro
• 1 beefsteak tomato, diced
• 2 green onions, sliced and only using the green part
• 2 avocados

1. Drain both cans of tuna and place in a bowl.
2. To the bowl, add a squeeze of lime, the mayonnaise and lemon pepper. Stir to combine and set aside.
3. In another bowl, combine the tomato, green onion and a pinch of salt. Set aside.
4. In a third bowl, roughly mash the avocados and add a squeeze of lime.
5. Now it’s time to build the tower. I used a biscuit cutter, but you can also use a food mold, or even a tin can with both ends removed and washed out.
6. Begin by placing the mold on the plate and add a layer of mashed avocado, gently pushing down to flatten the layer.
7. Next, add the tuna mixture, repeating the gentle push down and leveling of layers.
8. Lastly, top with the tomato mixture allow some tomatoes to land on the plate around the tower.
9. Ta-da! A deliciously fresh and beautiful dinner for two!

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