
Asparagus on a mackerel rillettes
Smoked mackerel rillettes with green peas, asparagus, and dill.Rillette of smoked mackerel with a pea puree with tarragon, asparagus, grapefruit gel, seawater jelly, dill oil, and a crispy tapioca.
Ingredients
200gSmoked mackerel meat
10gbanana shallot
5gChives
15gTasty Tom tomato
50gGreek yogurt
50gUnsweetened whipping cream 35%
15gFish stock
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Pepper and salt
Worcester sauce
Tabasco
100gPea purée
5gTarragon
300gRed grapefruit puree
3gAgar
500mlWater
10gGuérande coarse sea salt
6gAgar
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1units.itemsbunch of dill
500gSunflower oil
200gTapioca pearls
1units.itemsBag of squid ink
Affilla cress
Vene cress
Radish blue skin
Cooked asparagus
Preparation
- Whip the cream until semi-stiff, to a yogurt-like thickness.
- Peel the tomato and cut into a fine brunoise.
- Heat the fish stock and dissolve the gelatin in it.
- Finely chop the shallot.
- Mix all ingredients for the rillettes and chill.
- Defrost the pea purée and season with finely chopped tarragon, salt, and pepper.
- Store in a piping bag.
- Boil the grapefruit purée with the agar and let cool to form a jelly.
- Blend the jelly into a gel in the food processor.
- Soak the gelatin in cold water.
- Boil the water with the salt and agar. Remove from the heat and dissolve the gelatin in it.
- Let it set in a container and then cut into small cubes.
- Blend the dill with the oil in a blender. Let it run for at least 5 minutes.
- Pour the mixture into a pan and heat until the oil starts to bubble.
- Strain through a fine sieve and cool as quickly as possible in ice water or a blast chiller.
- Cook the tapioca pearls in plenty of water until they are completely transparent. Drain and mix with the squid ink and salt to taste.
- Spread a thin layer on a baking mat and dry at 70°C until completely dry.
- Fry in hot oil at 200°C.
- Spoon some of the rillettes into a ring mold and pipe some of the pea cream on top, then carefully remove the ring.
- Pipe some of the grapefruit gel on top.
- Add some cubes of seawater jelly.
- Garnish with asparagus, cress, and cut-out radish.
- Drizzle some dill oil around the dish.



