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Arctic char in a toasted crust with celeriac and mountain hogweed By chef Benoît Vidal

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A Recipe by chef Benoît Vidal from the L’Atelier d’Edmond restaurant in Val d’Isère (Savoy)

Côtes de Provence
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Ingredients
  • 2 fillets of Arctic chard
  • 1 slice of finely sliced sandwich bread
  • 15 g ghee
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 celeriac
  • 500 ml vegetable juice
  • Fine salt and sugar
  • Olive oil
  • Butter
  • Fresh thyme and garlic cloves
  • 500 ml white balsamic vinegar
  • Shallots

For the hogweed sauce::

  • 1 shallot
  • 100 g hogweed seeds
  • 100 ml white balsamic vinegar
  • 100 ml white wine
  • 50 ml single cream
  • 100 g butter
  • Olive oil
  • Vegetable juice
  • Fine salt

For the finishing touches:

  • Nasturtium leaves
  • Marigold flowers
  • Toasted grain bread crumbs
Direction

The Arctic chard:
Remove the bones from the fillets, season and set aside in a cool place. Place the slice of bread on the skin-side and cook only on the bread side in the ghee. Brown evenly for one to three minutes depending on the thickness. Set aside.

Preparing the celeriac:
Peel the celeriac completely and keep half for the purée and half for the other garnishes.

As pickle:
Cut 2 strips of celeriac lengthwise. Blanch and scald the strips, drain and marinate in white balsamic vinegar for at least 6 hours before serving.

In balls:
Scoop out 6 balls with a melon baller.
Cook the balls in a pan with the lid on, adding a little olive oil, fine salt, a teaspoon of sugar, a sprig of thyme and a clove of garlic. Glaze the balls at the end of cooking, remove.

In rolls:
Make rolls 3 cm in diameter. Cook in a frying pan in butter with the lid on.

Pureed:
Peel and finely chop the shallot. Cut the rest of the celeriac into thin cubes. Lightly sweat the chopped shallot in olive oil with a pinch of salt and then add the celeriac. Moisten with the vegetable juice, cover and cook until the vegetables soften, for half an hour. Blend everything thoroughly in a blender, strain the purée through a sieve and adjust the seasoning.

Hogweed sauce:
Peel and finely chop the shallot. Lightly sweat the chopped shallot in olive oil with a pinch of salt and the hogweed seeds, moisten with the white balsamic vinegar and white wine and reduce until all the liquid has disappeared. Add a little vegetable juice and the single cream, whip with the chilled butter. Blend everything thoroughly in a blender, strain through a sieve and adjust the seasoning. Infuse some more hogweed if necessary.

How to serve

Place the celeriac garnishes on one side of the plate. Add the fish fillet, with the bread crust side upwards. Carefully spread the finishing touches around.

Add the sauce just before serving.

Arctic char in a toasted crust with celeriac and mountain hogweed - Wines of Provence
Arctic char in a toasted crust with celeriac and mountain hogweed - Wines of Provence