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Charred mackerel, chia seeds, dill, wakame and cucumber
Published: May 21, 2015 at 10:09 AM
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Serves 4 as a starter
A little effort
Total time: 40 mins
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This Japanese-inspired mackerel starter of charred mackerel, chia seeds, dill, wakame and cucumber from The Manor in Clapham is packed with fresh, on-trend flavours – perfect for entertaining
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Ingredients
Nutrition
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4 mackerel fillets
pin boned
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3 small sheets nori
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50g sea salt flakes
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25g caster sugar
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20g chia seeds
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200ml apple juice
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½ tsp spirulina
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50ml lemon juice
plus a little for seasoning
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10g white or regular soy sauce or wakame seaweed
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for deep frying oil
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sprigs to serve dill
PICKLED CUCUMBERS
- 2 small cucumbers
- 50ml white vinegar
- 30g caster sugar
- 10g salt
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal302
- fat20.1g
- saturates3.7g
- carbs7.9g
- fibre3.7g
- protein20.7g
- salt4.1g
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Method
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step 1
Cut the mackerel fillets, lengthways, from the head end to the tail so you’re left with 1 silver belly fillet and 1 striped topside fillet from each. Put the nori in a food processor and blend until you have a fine powder, then add the sea salt and sugar and blend again. Lay the fish flesh-side up on a tray and sprinkle over the nori salt. Leave it for 7 minutes and then rinse the fillets, drain and chill skin-side up on a lightly oiled baking tray.
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step 2
Mix the chia seeds with 100ml apple juice and stir in the spirulina. Leave until the liquid is absorbed and then stir in more juice, a little at a time, letting each amount be absorbed and making sure there are no lumps. Once the seeds have swollen and are soft, season the mixture with lemon juice and soy.
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step 3
Peel the cucumbers and cut one into ½ cm thick slices, and the other into long thin batons. Put the remaining ingredients in a pan with 400ml water and bring to the boil. Add the cucumbers and cool.
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step 4
Heat a pan with some oil in it (no more than 1/3 full) until it is 170C. Fry the wakame until it starts to pop and expand, about 10-20 seconds, then scoop it out and drain it on kitchen paper.
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step 5
Blowtorch the fillets all over using a fierce flame, till they start to bubble and get black spots on the skin, or use a very hot grill to blister the skins. The fish should be just cooked. Mix the soy and lemon juice and sprinkle it over. Blowtorch the cucumber strips.
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step 6
To serve, spoon the chia seeds into 4 shallow bowls, add 2 discs and a strip of cucumber to each and add some dill. Add a belly and top fillet to each dish and sprinkle over the fried wakame.
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