Madai, Callaloo & Champagne Sauce

Corrin Harrison's delicate dish of madai fish, buttery callaloo, and a luxurious Champagne sauce. Perfect for impressing or indulging! The madai is cured and cooked to crispy perfection with a chive-infused bread crust. The callaloo is blended with nutmeg and cinnamon for a velvety finish and the Champagne sauce is infused with cucumber and bronze fennel.

Ingredients

For the fish
  • 1 Madai fish
  • 100g sugar
  • 100g salt
For the callaloo
  • 200g Swiss chard
  • 2 Nutmeg
  • 30g Cinnamon powder
  • 150g Butter
  • 90ml Water
  • 250g soft butter
  • 1 bunch chives
  • 2 slices white bread
For the Champagne Sauce
  • 100ml champagne
  • Double cream
  • Cucumber peel
  • 1 shallot
  • Bronze fennel
  • Micro shiso
For the pickled cucumber
  • 200ml white wine vinegar
  • 100g sugar
  • 1 cucumber

Method

For the Madai:

  • Fillet the fish
  • Mix salt and sugar together and cure fish for 1 hour
  • Wash fish off and dry
  • Roll out sliced white bread
  • Butter bread and sprinkle with chopped chives
  • Place dried madai at base of bread and roll with cling film.
  • Allow to set for 30mins to 1 hour before cooking.
  • Cook in hot pan with oil and finish with butter.
  • Allow to rest before carving

For the Callaloo:

  • Finely chop Swiss chard keeping stalks and stems separate.
  • Once chopped melt butter in pan and add stalks and cook until soft.
  • Once soft add; Swiss chard leaves, nutmeg and cinnamon.
  • Cook for 2mins on medium heat.
  • Add water and cook for a further 5-7mins.
  • Once cooked blend in blender until smooth.

For the Pickled cucumber:

  • Blend together vinegar and sugar until all sugar has dissolved.
  • Peel cucumber and portion.
  • Place cucumber in vacuum bag or bowl and cover in pickle and vacuum to compress pickle into cucumber.

For the Champagne sauce:

  • Bring all ingredients together in a pan and heat to 75°C
  • Pass through a sieve
  • Warm and aerate with hand blender to order.

Ingredients

For the fish
  • 1 Madai fish
  • 100g sugar
  • 100g salt
For the callaloo
  • 200g Swiss chard
  • 2 Nutmeg
  • 30g Cinnamon powder
  • 150g Butter
  • 90ml Water
  • 250g soft butter
  • 1 bunch chives
  • 2 slices white bread
For the Champagne Sauce
  • 100ml champagne
  • Double cream
  • Cucumber peel
  • 1 shallot
  • Bronze fennel
  • Micro shiso
For the pickled cucumber
  • 200ml white wine vinegar
  • 100g sugar
  • 1 cucumber

Method

For the Madai:

  • Fillet the fish
  • Mix salt and sugar together and cure fish for 1 hour
  • Wash fish off and dry
  • Roll out sliced white bread
  • Butter bread and sprinkle with chopped chives
  • Place dried madai at base of bread and roll with cling film.
  • Allow to set for 30mins to 1 hour before cooking.
  • Cook in hot pan with oil and finish with butter.
  • Allow to rest before carving

For the Callaloo:

  • Finely chop Swiss chard keeping stalks and stems separate.
  • Once chopped melt butter in pan and add stalks and cook until soft.
  • Once soft add; Swiss chard leaves, nutmeg and cinnamon.
  • Cook for 2mins on medium heat.
  • Add water and cook for a further 5-7mins.
  • Once cooked blend in blender until smooth.

For the Pickled cucumber:

  • Blend together vinegar and sugar until all sugar has dissolved.
  • Peel cucumber and portion.
  • Place cucumber in vacuum bag or bowl and cover in pickle and vacuum to compress pickle into cucumber.

For the Champagne sauce:

  • Bring all ingredients together in a pan and heat to 75°C
  • Pass through a sieve
  • Warm and aerate with hand blender to order.