Tahitian Tuna (poisson Cru)

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 1/4 lbs tuna, cut into bites sized cubes
• 8 limes, cut in half
• 2 tomatoes, coarsely diced
• 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
• 1 small cucumber, thinly sliced
• 1 coconut, opened meat taken out and shredded
• 1 dash salt

Recipe

• 1 place tuna cubes into a large bowl and sprinkle with salt. take the limes squeeze them over the tuna (make sure no seeds end up in the bowl).
• 2 after add all of the juice from the 8 limes, stir the tuna until it is coated with the juice.
• 3 allow the tuna/ lime mixture to cook/ cure for about 5 minutes. (the lime juice actually begins to â??cookâ?? the tuna).
• 4 after the mixture has â??cookedâ?? add the diced tomatoes, red onion and cucumber to the bowl and mix well.
• 5 take the freshly shredded coconut and place in cheesecloth, squeeze the coconut over the tuna (this is the coconut cream).
• 6 mix the tuna, vegetable, cream mixture refrigerate until ready to serve.