Smoked Eel Smoked Sturgeon And Choupique Caviar Salad With Dilled Buttermilk Dressing Recipes

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Coarsely chop the broccoli florets and tender stems. Add to the water and cook until crisp tender, about 2 minutes. Drain well, pressing on the broccoli to release any excess water.
• Whisk the buttermilk, mayonnaise, parsley and lemon zest together in a medium bowl until smooth; season with salt and pepper. Add the broccoli and toss well. Top with the sunflower seeds.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Season fish portions with salt and pepper. Place 1/2 of an egg sliced in the middle of a 6 by 4-inch piece of puff pastry, then cabbage, cooked. Top with basmati rice mixed with mushroom duxelle, fines herbs and last the fish. Make sure that each layer is very even.
• Moisten the edges of the pastry with a bit of egg wash. Pull the sides up on top of the fish, pinch together, then repeat with the ends. Repeat for each individual portion. Decorate the top with fish shaped pastry cut-outs, wash with egg wash. Bake for 16 minutes.
• Heat asparagus in butter with a mashed garlic clove. Season lightly with salt and pepper and add chervil. Place the asparagus in the middle of the plate without the butter. Cut the fish portion in 1/2 and place on top of the asparagus so that the cut sides show. Remove the garlic clove from the reserved butter and add in the caviar. Mix the caviar gently and spoon evenly to sauce each plate.
• Melt butter in saucepan. Add minced onions and saute until translucent. Add mushrooms and porcini and cook until liquid has evaporated. Add vermouth and slowly cook until evaporated. Add sour cream, bechamel, chives, and spices.
• Bring water to a boil with shallot and salt and simmer until shallot is tender. Whisk in butter and lemon juice.

Steps:

• Marinate sturgeon in olive oil, coriander, shallots and dill for 8 hours, refrigerated. Soak tea and applewood chips in water for 2 hours.
• In a stove top smoker place soaked tea and apple chips in bottom of pan and put over medium heat on stove. Drain of any excess oil and place sturgeon on rack and cover. Let smoke on stovetop until fish begins to flake, about 12 minutes. Remove from pan and garnish with onions, capers, and chopped eggs. Drizzle with creme fraiche and serve.

Steps:

• Mixed the cook beans with the shallots, the mustard and the olive oil, make sure that the dressing just coats the beans but that it is not runny. Season the shiitake caps and grill them, until tender. Mix 1/2 of the sturgeon with some of the bean salad and add the parsley, toss well. Mound salad on plates and top with mushrooms and remaining sturgeon.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Bake the potatoes until tender, about 40 minutes. Let cool, then scoop out the flesh. Pass through a sieve or ricer. Mix with the eggs, fish, butter, chives, parsley, and pepper. Shape into small patties and dredge in the bread crumbs. Fry the sturgeon cakes in batches, 3 minutes on each side, until browned. They may be held in a 300 degree F oven.
• For the Garnish: Mix the sour cream and chives together. Serve a dollop on the side of the fish cakes, sprinkled with sumakh and topped with sevruga.