Ingredients
Serves 4.
Lime cured trout:
800g filleted trout
200g mooli
160g Granny Smith apple
4g wakame seaweed
4g edible flowers
1 lime
8g black caviar
80g sea coarse sea salt
80g sugar caster
Horseradish and cucumber water:
1 lime
160g cucumber
8g horseradish
20g shallot
20ml buttermilk
20ml white wine vinegar
5g sugar caster
Pinch of salt
Dill oil:
150g fresh dill
100ml olive oil
Adults need around 2000Kcal/8400kJ a day
Typical values per portion: Energy 265Kcal/1100kJ
Method
-
Dill oil (ideally made the day before): Heat oil to 90°C in a thermomix. Add the dill once temperature is reached and blend on full speed for 5 minutes. Pass through a muslin lined chinois overnight and store chilled in a squeezy bottle or vac pack. Keeps for up to 1 month when vac packed.
-
For the trout: Zest the limes and mix with the salt and sugar.
-
Add 1/3 of the cure mixture to the bottom of a suitable container, lay the trout fillets skin side down and add another 1/3 on top. Turn the trout over and add the remaining 1/3 to the upturned skin side, with more coverage at the head end of the fillet than the tail.
-
Cure for 8-12 hours turning over frequently. Once cured rinse thoroughly in fresh running water, pat dry and chill until needed. During this time, prepare the horseradish and cucumber water.
-
Horseradish and cucumber water: Peel and deseed the cucumber, cut into large chunks. Peel the horseradish and shallot, juice the lime. Add the lime juice, cucumber, horseradish, vinegar, shallot and sugar into a blender and blend until smooth. Pass through a muslin lined chinois and season to taste, reserve in a squeezy bottle until use, keeps for 2 days. Before serving split the sauce with the buttermilk
-
Peel and finely dice the 2 apples, blitz the seaweed, and mix into the apple with a splash of dill oil and juice of 1 lime.
-
Slice the mooli on a mandolin and cut into small rounds using a ring cutter, brush with dill oil.
-
Remove trout from the fridge 1 hour before serving and cut into 1cm cubes.
-
Plate the trout cubes, apple mixture and mooli discs, adding the horseradish and cucumber water, garnish with caviar, edible flowers and dill oil.