
Brioche toast with eel, dill-tarragon cream, cucumber gel, and furikake
Brioche with creamy dill-tarragon mayonnaise, smoked eel and fresh cucumber gel, finished with furikake.Bites, finger food, amuse-bouches... call it what you will. One thing is certain: this is how you start dinner in style.
Ingredients
Olive oil
Brioche
Sushi vinegar
60gEgg white
Tarragon vinegar
300mlDill oil
100gYogurt
400mlCucumber vinegar
50gGranulated sugar
12gAgar
400mlCucumber juice
Smoke oil
Smoked eel
Furikake
Preparation
- Portion the bread to the desired size, drizzle with olive oil, and bake for 6 minutes at 180°C.
- Briefly torch with a blowtorch afterwards, this gives a nice flavor.
- Mix the sushi vinegar and tarragon vinegar with the egg white and yogurt.
- Slowly add the dill oil and blend with an immersion blender until a light cream forms.
- Process the cucumber into juice in the food processor and strain it.
- Mix the juice with the vinegar, sugar, and agar.
- Heat the mixture and gently bring to a boil for about 1 minute, then strain again.
- Let cool into a gel and blend smooth with a little smoked oil until creamy.
- Pipe the gel on.
- Pipe dill-tarragon mayonnaise onto the brioche bread.
- Place a portioned piece of eel on top, pipe the cucumber gel on, and finish with furikake.



