Pan Seared Tuna with Smokey Lobster Butter Sauce

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 4
• Yields: 4 portions

Ingredients

• 4 (6 ounce)  tuna steaks
•  salt
•  fresh ground black pepper
•  unsalted butter

• Sauce

• 2 (3 ounce)  cold water lobster tails
• 1⁄2 cup white wine
•  shallot
• 1⁄2 cup heavy cream
• 1⁄4 lb unsalted butter, cut up
•  paprika
•  salt
•  pepper

Directions

1. Salt and pepper tuna steaks.
2. Add butter to a hot pan; reduce heat to medium and add steaks.
3. Cook 2 minutes per side; remove and let rest.
4. Bring wine, shallot whites and lobster tails to a boil in a non-reactive pan.
5. Lower the heat and reduce the mixture by half.
6. After 3 minutes remove the tails and dice them.
7. Continue reducing the wine again, add the cream and paprika.
8. Reduce by half; remove from heat.
9. Stir in butter one piece at a time.
10. Strain sauce and add the diced lobster.