KINGFISH CEVICHE
macadamia, radish, croutons, lemon myrtle dressing
Kingfish ceviche (1 portion)
Ingredients
70 gr of kingfish
Lemon myrtle oil
Salt flakes
Steps
Place onto silicon paper (70 gr per serve) forming a circle.
Ponzu Gel
Ingredients
300 gr of white soy sauce
300 gr of Mirin
300 gr of yuzu juice
150 gr of lemon juice
150 gr of lime juice
24 gr of agar powder
Steps
Mix all together and add agar.
Bring it to the boil and let set.
Once set, blitz and pass.
Pickling Liquid
Ingredients
450 gr of white vinegar
300 gr of sugar
15 gr of salt
10 leaves of lemon myrtle
Steps
Mix white vinegar, salt, sugar, and lemon myrtle together, and heat it until the sugar is dissolved.
Leave the pickling liquid to infuse and cool down for 1 hour.
Pickled Radish
Ingredients
Mini radishes
Pickling Liquid
Steps
Clean radishes and cut nicely the green part.
Place them in the pickling liquid for at least one day.
Sliced Radish
Ingredients
Breakfast radishes
Purple radishes
Watermelon radishes
Steps
Slice along the length of the breakfast radishes
Thinly slice purple and watermelon radishes and place them in iced water.
Daikon Strips
Ingredients
Daikon
Pickling liquid
Steps
Peel daikon and slice with the slicer to 0.5 mm thickness.
Cut rectangles 2 x 11 cm and pickle them just before service.
Blood Limes
Ingredients
Blood limes
Pickling liquid
Steps
Peel blood limes, cut segments and pull them.
Smoked Croutons
Ingredients
Sourdough bread
Steps
Take off the sourdough crust and break the bread with your hands to get chunky pieces.
Deep fry chunky pieces until golden coloration and season with salt
Allow to cool on a paper towel until ready to plate.
Shaved Macadamia
Ingredients
Macadamia Nuts
Steps
Shave them thinly and place them in a container for service.
Macadamia Puree
Ingredients
1.5 kg of macadamia + water to cook
150 gr of cooking water
1.250 kg macadamia puree
30 gr of Sherry vinegar
60 gr of white soy sauce
17 gr of salt
Steps
Place macadamia nuts into a pressure cooker and fill it up with water.
Cook macadamia nuts for 3 hours; check every 20 minutes not to burn them, and at the end, make sure they are very soft.
Blend macadamia nuts adding water to make a smooth puree.
Season with white soy and Sherry vinegar.
TO SERVE (1 Portion)
Ingredients
Macadamia puree
1 portion of kingfish
Lemon myrtle oil
Ponzu gel
3 pieces of croutons
3 pickled radishes
3 slices of purple radish
3 slices of breakfast radish
3 slices of watermelon radish
3 pickled daikon strips
Lemon balm cress & burnet
Blood limes
Shaved macadamia
Steps
Make a round in the middle of the plate with Macadamia puree and place kingfish portion on top.
Brush with lemon myrtle oil and season with salt flakes.
Make around 10 dots of Ponzu gel, place smoked croutons and build the kingfish portion with radishes, try to get volume.
Add blood limes, lemon balm cress and burnet and smoked Macadamia.