
North Sea crab with tzatziki, harissa and goat cheese pearls
This dish is by Takis Panagakis, chef & owner of restaurant Elea.In his restaurant, he mainly works with Greek cheeses; the cream cheese from Bokkesprong comes close to the flavor profile: lightly creamy with a tang, salty, and a fine, velvety mouthfeel. In the dish, he has processed the cheese as ice pearls. To make these, Takis mixed the cheese with milk and sour cream. It is difficult to find the right ratio in this, but he has found it!
Ingredients
North Sea crab
Olive oil
Salt
Lime mayonnaise
Salt
Melted butter
kataifi dough
Sunflower oil
lobster shells
bouquet vegetables (onion, celeriac, carrot, and leek)
Star anise
Lime zest
10gVinegar
Salt
100gYogurt
50gEgg white
Lime juice
Salt
2Cucumbers
20gotafuku
400gSunflower oil
mint and dill to taste
2Garlic cloves
350gGreek yogurt
100gEgg white
1Cucumber
50gverjus
5gCortina
10gPro espuma
Salt
harissa paste
Sunflower oil
200gGoat cheese
150gCream
100gMilk
150ggoat's cream cheese
Preparation
- Mix the crab meat with lime mayonnaise, olive oil, and salt.
- Make long strips of kataifi dough (about 20 centimeters long and 1 centimeter wide) and place them on a cutting board.
- Brush the dough with melted butter and sprinkle with salt. Use a cylinder mold of the desired size and roll the kataifi tightly around it.
- Bake the kataifi ring for about 15 minutes at 160°C until golden brown.
- Sauté the vegetables in some sunflower oil, then add the lobster shells and fry briefly.
- Add oil until the lobster shells are submerged.
- Then add the star anise and lime zest.
- Let this infuse slowly over low heat (note: the oil should not start frying).
- Strain the lobster oil through a sieve.
- Blend the vinegar, egg white, yogurt, and salt in the blender.
- Now add the lobster oil drop by drop until a firm emulsion forms.
- Cut the avocado into fine brunoise and marinate with olive oil, lime juice, and salt.
- Juice the cucumbers using a juicer, strain the liquid, and mix this with the otafuku and the salt.
Preparation day 1
- Vacuum the oil with 2 cloves of garlic, mint, and dill.
- Peel the cucumber and remove the seeds.
- Blend the flesh of the cucumber with 250 grams of Greek yogurt, verjus, egg white, and salt.
- Pass this through a fine sieve.
- Now blend the cucumber mixture with 100 grams of Greek yogurt, pro-espuma, and cortina.
- Strain the infused oil and slowly add it to the mixture.
- Season again with salt.
- It can be highly seasoned as it will be served cold from the siphon.
- Vacuum-seal sunflower oil with harissa paste and heat it for 24 hours at 60°C in a water bath.
- Heat the milk and cream to about 70°C and then add the cheeses.
- Blend this completely smooth with an immersion blender.
- Pour this mixture into a squeeze bottle for making the pearls.
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