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