Seared Hamachi with Spinach Gomae and Chilled Shoyu-Konbu Consomme
Serves 4, 1½ Protein boxes and 1 Carbohydrate box per serving
Shoyu-Konbu Consomme
Ingredients
| measurement | ingredient OR |
Instructions
Step One
Shoyu-Konbu Consomme
Ingredients
| 1 tsp | Green Cardamom Pods |
| ¼ tsp | Chili Flakes |
| 1 tsp | Star Anise Seed |
| 1 cup | Sake |
| ¼ cup | Mirin |
| ⅓ cup | White Shoyu |
| ¼ cup | Yuzu Juice |
| 1 qt | Fish Fumet |
| 4 ea | Battera Konbu Sheets, julienned |
| 1 bu | Shiso |
Instructions
In a saucepot toast all spices until fragrant. Add the sake and mirin and reduce by ¾. Add shoyu, yuzu juice, and fumet. Bring to a boil and simmer for forty five minutes. Strain through a cone or coffee filter. Place back in pot and bring back to a simmer, add shiso and konbu. Remove from heat and let steep for 30 minutes. Strain through a cone or coffee filter again and let cool.e
Gomae Dressing
Ingredients
| ¾ cup | White Sesame Seeds, toasted |
| ½ cup | Rice Wine Vinegar |
| ¼ cupt | Mirin |
| ¼ cup | White Shoyu |
| ½ cup | Sesame Oil |
| ½ cup | White Miso Paste |
| 1 Tbsp | Red Miso Paste |
| ¼ cup | Water |
Instructions
Toast off sesame seeds and allow to cool. Add all ingredients to blender and puree until very smooth. Pass through a chinois. Cool and store in refrigerator.
Spinach
Ingredients
| 1 | Bloomsdale Spinach |
Instructions
In a large pot bring salted water to a boil. Place spinach in pot until cooked through and immediately shock in ice water. Place cold spinach in a clean towel and squeeze all water out of spinach until completely dry. Keep refrigerated.e
Pickled Enoki Mushrooms
Ingredients
| 2 bunches | Enoki Mushrooms |
| 1½ cups | Saki |
| ¾ cups | Mirin |
| ¼ cup | White Shoyu |
| 1 cup | Yuzu Juice |
| ¼ cup | Shiso, julienned |
| 1 | Hunan Chili |
Instructions
Combine all ingredients except mushrooms in a pot and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and let steep for thirty minutes. Strain through a chinois directly onto mushrooms. Cover and refrigerate
Hamachi
Ingredients
| 8 oz | Fillet of Hamachi |
| ¼ cup | White Sesame Seeds |
| ¼ cup | Black Sesame Seeds |
| ¼ cup | Oil |
Instructions
Season hamachi filets with salt and roll in oil until lightly covered. Then roll fish into mixture of seeds
In a hot sauté pan with a small amount of oil sear hamachi quickly on all sides. Pull out of pan and slice into two slice per person. Season each piece with Fleur de Sel.
Garnish
Ingredients
| Pickled Enokis | |
| ¼ cup | Micro Red Shiso |
| ¼ cup | Micro Wasabi |
| ½ cup | Scallion Greens, julienned |
Instructions
Mix all ingredients in a small bowl and combine and place on top of fish. Pour chilled consommé around outside of bowl and serve.
To Assemble
Place cold spinach in mixing bowl with 1 cup of gomae dressing. Place a small amount of dressed spinach in middle of bowl. Place two slices of seared hamachi on top of spinach.
