Papa Rolfe's Famous Tuna Tower

Smoked Tuna Tower

Inspirations: I had a tuna tower in Dallas and thought, wow that would be cool to make. Its my daughter's favorite.

Serves: 2-4

Ingredients:

• 2-4 cylinder rings – any cooking stores will carry theses. I initially made mine out of PVC pipe from Home Depot, but MK got freaked out so I had to buy some fancy ones.
• 1 cup of rice
• 1-2 packs of smoked tuna or salmon – they come in thinly sliced pieces
• 1 block of cream cheese
• 1 small container of crab salad or dip – in the seafood section of the store
• 1 ripe avocado
• 1 T of capers
• 1 T of champagne vinaigrette
• 1 T of chopped green onions
• 1 T of toasted sesame seeds
• Box of crackers or sliced cucumbers
• Rolfe Rub

Sauce:

• 2 T of soy sauce
• 1 T of brown sugar
• 1 tsp of wasabi paste
• 1 tsp of finely diced ginger
• 1 tsp of BBQ sauce
• ½ cup of mayo
• 1 T of sriracha

Prepare:

• Boil rice and strain – in the strainer add Rolfe Rub and the sesame seeds and toss
• Chop up tuna or salmon and add capers and vinaigrette and toss
• Chop green onions and add to crab salad – toss
• Slice avocado and cream cheese
• Sauce:
• In a small saucepan – add soy sauce and brown sugar, wasabi, ginger and bbq sauce and simmer for about 15 mins and let cool
• Combine soy mixture with mayo and sriracha

Build:

• Put cylinder on a plate and add thin layer of rice
• Layer of tuna/salmon mixture
• Layer of cream cheese
• Layer of avocado
• Layer of crab salad
• Layer of rice
• Repeat the layers ( I leave out the second layer of cream cheee)
• Using a drinking glass or something that fits inside the cylinder, compact the layers and push out of the cylinder to create the tower
• Add a sprinkle of roasted sesame seeds on top
• Add sauce on top and serve with crackers or cucumbers and
• enjoy