Cheese and tuna bites light summer fare before dinner or a lunch entree

These delicious tuna bites would be excellent as an appetizer before a summertime dinner or as a light lunch on the patio.

Tuna Sesame Bites

1 pkg (125 g) extra creamy blue cheese, crumbled

1 piece (2.5 cm/1 inch) fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped

1 small chili, finely chopped

Few coriander leaves, finely chopped

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3 fresh tuna steaks, cut into rectangles

1 egg, beaten

75 ml (5 tbsp) sesame seeds

Olive oil, for sauteing

1 mango, diced, for garnish

Cucumber relish, for garnish

In a bowl, combine blue cheese, ginger, chili and coriander. Press blue cheese mixture in an even layer on tops of tuna pieces.

Dip tuna in beaten egg to give a very light coating, then toss in sesame seeds to give as even a coating as possible.

In a shallow pan, heat a little oil and cook tuna pieces for about 6 minutes, turning once halfway through.

Serve hot with diced mango and cucumber relish, or other accompaniments of your choice.

Makes 4 servings.

Source: Rosenborg Castello Extra Creamy Blue Cheese, http://www.rosenborg.com.