Serves 4
Ingredients
400 grams Hamachi fillet
100 grams Pine nuts
150 ml mineral water
8 grams togarashi
15 gm popped quinoa
1 avocado ( ripe )
1 punnet micro basil
1 serve seaweed salad
1 tablespoon piquilos coulis
Seaweed salad
30 grams (1 ounce) dry mixed seaweed
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/2 tablespoon agave
1/2 teaspoon salt (to taste)
1/2 teaspoon ginger juice
1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
1 scallion, finely chopped
Piquillos coulis
1 tin Piquillos (390 g)
3 Tomato – peeled and diced
3 Shallots- peeled and finely chopped
15 ml Olive oil
Method
Slice the hamachi. Peel the avocado, remove the seed and slicecombine mineral water and pinenut in a blender. Blend untilsmooth. Strain. Set aside in squeeze bottleplate the Hamachi, make a line of pinenut cream, garnishwith micro basil, popped quinoa, togarashi, and piquilloscoulis. place the avocado on the side. Top the hamashi withseaweed salad.
Seaweed salad
Put the dry seaweed in a large bowl and fill it with coldwater. If you like your seaweed crunchy, soak it for 5minutes, if you like it more tender, soak it for 10 minutes.To make the dressing, combine the rice vinegar, sesameoil, soy sauce, agave, salt and ginger juice in a small bowland whisk together.
Drain the seaweed and use your hands to squeeze outexcess water. Wipe out any excess water in the bowl, andthen return the seaweed along with the dressing andsesame seeds. Toss thoroughly to combine. Add thescallion.
Piquillos coulis
Bring oil to heat, add shallot and cook until translucent. Add remaining ingredients and cook on low fire for 20minutes.Place in high-speed blender and strain.