Ingredients:
1 teaspoon Szechuan peppercorns
1/2 teaspoon white peppercorns
1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns
1 teaspoon allspice berries (Jamaican peppercorns)
4 tuna steaks, each about 1 inch thick (about 6 ounces each)
1 tablespoon corn oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
Directions:
Crush the peppercorns with a meat pounder or the bottom of a saucepan. Brushboth sides of the steaks with oil and then sprinkle both sides with salt andcrushed pepper.
Heat a cast iron pan for 2 to 3 minutes, until very hot. Place the steaks in thepan and cook them over very high heat for about 1-1/2 minutes on each side.Cover the pan, remove from heat and let stand 3 to 5 minutes before serving.
The steaks will continue to cook on their own residual heat but should remainpink inside.