
Salad of red crayfish with tomato jelly, citrus and biancardo sauce
Recipe for 2 people, created by Robert Hartelman of Restaurant Cèpes in Otterlo.Ingredients
250gCrayfish
Flat-leaf parsley
Lemon (zest)
Mayonnaise
100gFennel
100gLeek
100gCeleriac
100gShallot
3Chicken stock
10units.itemsFennel seed
2Water
1Cream
2kgripe tomatoes
2Lemon juice
50gMushrooms
10gmarjoram
1units.itemsGelatine
7gAgar agar
2units.itemsRadish
Preparation
- Make a salad with the crayfish, parsley, lemon zest, salt, and homemade mayonnaise. Set aside a few crayfish for garnish.
- For the sauce, cut the fennel, leek, celeriac, and shallot into 1 by 1 cm cubes. Put these in a saucepan with the chicken stock and fennel seeds. Let this simmer gently for 20 minutes.
- Strain this and bring it back to a boil with marjoram and mushrooms. Season with a little salt.
- Make a citrus gel by boiling 200 grams of sugar and 2 deciliters of water with 2 deciliters of lemon juice. Let this simmer for 4 minutes with 5 grams of agar agar. Let cool and put in a piping bag.
- Cut paper-thin slices of radish and place them in a bowl of ice water.
- Blend the tomatoes in a food processor and strain through a sieve. Bring 3 deciliters of the tomato juice to a boil and add 2 grams of agar agar. Let this simmer for 2 minutes, then add the soaked gelatin. Pour onto a tray and let cool. Once cooled, cut out into the desired shape.
- Place the salad in the center of the plate and cover with the tomato jelly.
- Pipe some dots of citrus gel and distribute the crayfish and radish over it.
- Heat the jus, add the cream, froth it up, and add this to the plate.



