Tuna Tartare on Marinated Cucumbers

Rocke and I love to cook and recently have been obsessed with watching Jacque Pepin’s  “Essential Pepin” and watching re-runs of old cooking shows with Julia Child  and Jacque cooking together.  The both are such amazing chefs.  A week before one of our “Caviar and a Movie” nights we happened to watch his program on Tuna Tartare topped with pressed caviar.  It was a perfect addition to our traditional caviar.

This recipe is very challenging the first time you do it, and it is worth buying the video set – Essential Pepin - just to learn how to do it.  I recommend making 2 to 3 times as many of the marinated cucumber slices in order to have enough slices that are equally thick and long enough to arrange like they have them in the picture.  This dish is tangy, rich and smooth all at once.  It makes a very attractive dish and we served it with pepper water crackers.    

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