Meagre Brandade with Rosemary, Preserved Lemons & Black Olives fresh and Mediterranean
Ingredients for 4 servings
- 1 small meagre from small boats of approximately 21 oz (600 g) with fillets removed, deboned, bones and skins kept, fillets covered with coarse salt for 30 minutes then washed and dried.
- 1 large floury potato, peeled and cut into large dice
- 3 garlic cloves, germed removed and crushed
- mature olive oil
- 1 Menton lemon (if possible) candied, cut in half, pulp removed and skin cut into tiny brunoise
- 6 black olives (kalamata if possible) pitted and finely sliced
- 1/2.1 qt (2 liter) of whole milk
- 1 small tomato without skin and cut into small dice
- 1 beautiful sprig of rosemary
- breadcrumbs
- salt and pepper from the mill and a hint of Espelette.
Step-by-step recipe
1 In a saucepan pour the milk adding 1/2 water, salt and pepper and heat gently.
2 In a large tea infuser put the fish skins, garlic cloves and rosemary then place this in the cooking liquid, then add the potato dice for 20 minutes of cooking, making sure it does not stick.
3 After 15 minutes add the fish fillets and after these 5 minutes turn off the heat and cover for 10 minutes of resting.
4 Then drain everything (potatoes and fish) and pour it all into a mortar if you prefer pounded or in a salad bowl if you blend it.
5 As a puree with a hint of chopped garlic, mount with 0.6 cup (15cl) of olive oil like a mayonnaise, add a little cooking liquid, a hint of Espelette and taste the seasoning.
6 In an oven-safe dish arrange your brandade then sprinkle with breadcrumbs then in the center arrange your small mixture of candied lemons, olives and tomato and place in the oven in grill position for a few minutes.
Serve hot
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