Alaska Seafood

Spiced Yellowfin Sole En Papillote Crushed Plantain & Black Eyed Pea Croquette, Spinach Puree, Sauteed Spinach, Plantain Crisp

by Exose Grant – Private Chef

Ingredients

Serves 5

Spiced Yellowfin Sole

  • 10 Alaska Seafood yellowfin sole fillets
  • 1 green pepper
  • 1 red onion
  • 12 button mushrooms
  • 1 scotch bonnet (deseeded)
  • 2tsp ginger paste
  • 2tsp garlic paste
  • Rapeseed oil
  • Maldon sea salt
  • Cracked black pepper
  • 2tsp all purpose seasoning
  • 2tsp fish seasoning
  • 2tsp jerk seasoning
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • Lemon & scotch bonnet (for garnish)

Sauteed Spinach

  • 25g garlic (finely diced)
  • 25g red chillies (finely diced)
  • 25g ginger (finely diced)
  • 200g spinach
  • 50g salted butter
  • Maldon sea salt

Crushed Plantain & Black Eyed Bean Croquette

  • 2 ripe plantain
  • 400g (one tin) black eyed beans
  • 2 spring onions
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • ¼ scotch bonnet
  • 10g thyme
  • Panne station (flour, eggs, breadcrumbs)

Spinach Puree

  • 400g spinach
  • 600ml coconut water
  • 1 scotch bonnet
  • table salt

Plantain Crisps

  • 2 green plantain
  • Table salt

Method

  1. For the sole, prep the fillets then place in a bowl.
  2. Add the lemon juice, pastes and seasonings, followed by a drizzle of oil. Mix well to dress the fish. Slice the vegetables thinly and add to the bowl. Mix well.
  3. Leave to marinate for 30 minutes.
  4. In a pan, fry the fish presentation side down until coloured.
  5. Remove from pan and place onto greaseproof paper, 2 pieces per portion.
  6. Fry the remaining vegetables in the same pan and use them to top the fish.
  7. Add a little water to the remaining juices, add to the fish and close with another greaseproof paper sheet.
  8. Bake at 180°C for approx. 6 minutes until cooked.
  9. To make the sauteed spinach, prep and finely dice all the vegetables, mix together and set aside.
  10. In a pan, melt butter and sweat off the garlic, chilli and ginger.
  11. Add spinach and keep folding to wilt down gently.
  12. Season with salt.
  13. Peel, chop and deep fry plantain until golden, set aside to cool down.
  14. Roughly blend spring onions, garlic, scotch bonnet and thyme and fry with oil.
  15. Add drained and washed beans, fry for 2 minutes and crush.
  16. Mix with plantain. Season with salt, shape into patties and chill down.
  17. Panne the patties then deep fry at 180°C until golden and crispy.
  18. For the spinach puree, boil coconut water with scotch bonnet until reduced by quarter.
  19. Add spinach and boil. Then, remove the scotch bonnet and blend. Season with salt.
  20. Add extra coconut water to desired consistency.
  21. Slice the green plantain into long thin slices and deep fry at 140°C until crispy.
  22. Season with salt and drain on blue roll.
  23. To finish, assemble all elements as pictured.

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