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LANGOUSTINE M’CHERMEL
WITH TOMATO-HARISSA AND VEGETABLE CONDIMENTS A LA CHLADA
Serves 10 | Prep/cooking time 60 mins
INGREDIENTS |
Tomato Jelly
- 500 ml tomato water
- 25 g harissa
- 5 g Agar agar
- 5 g salt
- 3 g pepper
Langoustine and Chlada (Salad)
- 10 pieces langoustine (16/20)
- 500 g samphire
- 250 g chopped parsley
- 150 ml olive oil
- 60 ml lime juice
- 80 g confit garlic
- 200 g samphire
- 250 g tomatoes
- 200 g fennel
- 200 g cucumber
- 100 g onion
- Salt
- Pepper
- Crustacean oil
Crustacean Oil
- 1.5 L sunflower oil
- 700 g lobster shells
- 5 g fennel seeds
- 2 star anise
- 2 branches tarragon
- 10 black peppercorns
PREPARATION |
Tomato Jelly
- Heat the tomato water, add harissa, salt, pepper, and agar agar.
- Pour the mixture onto a plate while hot and let it cool in the fridge.
Langoustine and Chlada (Salad)
- Prepare the marinade by mixing chopped samphire, parsley, lime juice, salt, pepper, and olive oil. Set aside.
- Dice tomatoes, fennel, cucumber, and onion into small cubes and refrigerate.
- Dice bread into small cubes and toast for croutons.
- Lightly marinate the langoustine and sear it in a pan with olive oil. Set aside.
- Marinate the salad (chlada) with the vinaigrette.
- Take the plate with the tomato jelly and arrange the salad around it, along with the croutons.
- Place the slightly marinated langoustine slice in the middle and drizzle with crustacean oil.
Crustacean Oil
- Cut the lobster shells into small pieces and sauté them in a pan with a drizzle of oil.
- Add fennel seeds and star anise, then roast.
- Pour in the remaining oil, scrape off any bits from the bottom, and add tarragon.
- Transfer everything into a jar to infuse and seal it.
- Cook for 24 hours at 80°C in a vacuum machine or in a warm cupboard.