Miso Cured Black Cod with Pork Fat and Caviar, Salt Cod Soup with Parsley Oil and Smoked Butter

Gareth Ward is back at the house with two spectacular recipes. This time it is Miso Cured Black Cod with Pork Fat and Caviar, Salt Cod Soup with Parsley Oil and Smoked Butter. Beautifully presented as always, these dishes are really special using the very best ingredients!

Ingredients

Parsley Oil
  • 1kg parsley leaves
  • 1ltr sunflower oil
Smoked Butter
  • 500g butter
Miso Cured Black Cod
  • 1 side black cod
  • 150g miso cure
  • 50ml sesame no1
Miso Sauce
  • 150ml dashi
  • 2 large pinches of dashi powder
  • pork fat from cooking pan (below)
  • Miso cure from cod marinade (above)
Salted Cod Bones
  • 1kg granulated sugar
  • 500g PDS salt
  • 500g cod bones
Salted Cod Stock
  • 400g salted cod bones
  • 1.2ltr dashi
Salted Cod Soup
  • 6 large thinly sliced shallots
  • 150g Iberico pork fat
  • 300ml brown rice sake
  • 300ml reduced salt cod stock
  • 600ml double cream
  • Mirin, to taste

Method

Parsley Oil

Blend together 500g of the parsley leaves with the oil until 62C. Pass and freeze to remove water.

Blend this again with the remaining parsley until 62C again. Pass through a muslin and freeze to remove water. Bag in 50ml bags.

Smoked Butter

Melt the butter and then place into a smoker to infuse. Leave for 3-4 hours. Light the smoker twice.

Miso Cured Black Cod

Marinate all together in a vacuum bag for 8 hours.

Miso sauce

Add all to a saucepan and reduce until slightly thickened. Blend until silky smooth.

Salted cod bones

Mix the salt and sugar well then coat the bones. Leave for 24 hours, then wash off and leave in a salt chamber for 1 week to age.

Salt cod stock

Rinse off the bones for 30 minutes under cold water. Once the bones are rinsed, add to a pan with the dashi and reduce by half. Pass through a muslin and squeeze out well.

Salt cod soup

Gently cook the shallots with a pinch of salt in a pan with a lid on until soft with no colour. Add the pork fat and reduce down until almost dry. Add the sake and bring to the boil. Allow to cool, then pass and then blitz on turbo and season.

Ingredients

Parsley Oil
  • 1kg parsley leaves
  • 1ltr sunflower oil
Smoked Butter
  • 500g butter
Miso Cured Black Cod
  • 1 side black cod
  • 150g miso cure
  • 50ml sesame no1
Miso Sauce
  • 150ml dashi
  • 2 large pinches of dashi powder
  • pork fat from cooking pan (below)
  • Miso cure from cod marinade (above)
Salted Cod Bones
  • 1kg granulated sugar
  • 500g PDS salt
  • 500g cod bones
Salted Cod Stock
  • 400g salted cod bones
  • 1.2ltr dashi
Salted Cod Soup
  • 6 large thinly sliced shallots
  • 150g Iberico pork fat
  • 300ml brown rice sake
  • 300ml reduced salt cod stock
  • 600ml double cream
  • Mirin, to taste

Method

Parsley Oil

Blend together 500g of the parsley leaves with the oil until 62C. Pass and freeze to remove water.

Blend this again with the remaining parsley until 62C again. Pass through a muslin and freeze to remove water. Bag in 50ml bags.

Smoked Butter

Melt the butter and then place into a smoker to infuse. Leave for 3-4 hours. Light the smoker twice.

Miso Cured Black Cod

Marinate all together in a vacuum bag for 8 hours.

Miso sauce

Add all to a saucepan and reduce until slightly thickened. Blend until silky smooth.

Salted cod bones

Mix the salt and sugar well then coat the bones. Leave for 24 hours, then wash off and leave in a salt chamber for 1 week to age.

Salt cod stock

Rinse off the bones for 30 minutes under cold water. Once the bones are rinsed, add to a pan with the dashi and reduce by half. Pass through a muslin and squeeze out well.

Salt cod soup

Gently cook the shallots with a pinch of salt in a pan with a lid on until soft with no colour. Add the pork fat and reduce down until almost dry. Add the sake and bring to the boil. Allow to cool, then pass and then blitz on turbo and season.