Cured Lake Huron Whitefish with Dulse Seaweed Vinaigrette

Cured Lake Huron Whitefish with Dulse Seaweed Vinaigrette

July 21, 2021

Chef Chris Mathias has been working at his friends' new restaurant in Kimberly, Ontario: Hearts Tavern. Chris is a UK native, keen cyclist and long time Bicyclesport CX racer who spent many years cooking in France, Canada and Spain. This is a locally inspired and healthy salad made with cured Lake Huron Whitefish. Ingredients: Fish:
  • 1 whole whitefish filleted with skin on but scaled and deboned.
  • To cure the fish: Make a mixture of half salt and white sugar 1 cup of each with 2 tbsp of fennel seeds . Lightly cover the filets both sides with this mixture and leave overnight in the fridge flat skin side down uncovered.
Vinaigrette:
  • 40 g dried Dulse available at most fishmongers (fish stores)
  • 150ml cider vinegar
  • 1 shallot
  • 250 ml sunflower oil
  • 75 ml good fruity olive oil
  • 1 tbsp fresh horseradish
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 tbsp honey .
Directions:
  • Soak dulse in fresh cold water for about 30 drain
  • Allow about 1/3 of the dulse to remain in the water for later .
  • Pure the rest of the dulse with the shallot minced garlic , horseradish, vinegar , honey and a pinch if salt and pepper .
  • When like a paste 1 minute or so slowly add sunflower oil .
  • Put this in a small mixing and gently mix in about half the olive oil . Skin 5 or 6 nice Tomatoes and put aside.
  • Rinse the fish and oat dry with paper towel .
  • Slice the fish as thin as u can and place o a plate .
For plating:
  • Randomly smear the dulse vinaigrette on a plate.
  • Slice and arrange the tomatoes around the vinaigrette .
  • Mix the Slice whitefish with a smal amount of soy sauce e and olive oil.
  • Plate fish in around tomatoes.
  • Garnish the plate with remaining dulse and soft green herbs such as basil coriander cives .
  • Sptinke lightly with sea salt and fresh crushed pepper .
  • Drizzle with remaining olive oil, and a squeeze of fresh lemon .
Shopping List:
  • Whitefish
  • Dulse seaweed
  • Olive oil
  • Soy sauce
  • Cider vinegar
  • Honey
  • Horseradish
  • Garlic
  • Sunflower oil
  • Fresh soft herbs
  • Sugar
  • Salt
  • Fennel seeds
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