Today we explored the world of agrumes (citrus fruits) and practiced our taillage (cuts) on limes, lemons, oranges, pomelos and grapefruits.
We made a gelée out of the citrus fruits but forgot to take a picture...my bad! But in the meantime...
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Refreshing drink made from cut orange, pomelo and grapefruit supreme and their juices, grenadine, tonic water, lime zest....just need the vodka and we're set! |
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Orange carpaccio with fresh juice, shallots, coriander, sesame oil, olive oil, salt - which can be served with raw fish/seafood |
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Orange and Lemon Basket - possibly putting fresh fish seafood on the top |
But we also smoked salmon (from scratch!) by putting the whole piece on a grill in an oven where below there is smoked wood and egg carton pieces - for a couple of hours.
Chef (below left) putting hetre in the cocotte with some torn egg cartons and burning it (below right) just before going into the oven.
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Salmon is ready to go (below left) and in the oven with a bucket of ice underneath to keep cool and the smoking cocotte right at the bottom.
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End Result:
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Smoked salmon The salmon is then put in an air-tight vacuumed bag until serving |
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Tada! Smoked Salmon |
That Drink looks AWESOME. I think Tequila could also work well with it though. Try it and let me know?
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