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"The Seven Species"

“The Seven Species” (Sea Bream with Bulgur Salad and Tahini)

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour

Servings

4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 4 filet seam bream
  • 2 whole eggplants
  • 1 sourdough baguette
  • 4 thyme leaves
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 tablespoons fennel seeds
  • Pinch of salt for taste
  • Pinch of pepper for taste
  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup bulgur wheat
  • 1 pomegranate
  • 4 dates
  • 1/4 cup pumpkin
  • 4 pears
  • One piece of ginger
  • 2 tablespoons parsley  chopped
  • 2 tablespoons mint  chopped
  • 1 teaspoon Yuzu
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 small red chili fresh
  • Pinch of salt to taste
  • Pinch of pepper to taste
  • 1 cup olive oil
  • Water
  • 1/4 cup tahini
  • 1 lemon juice fresh
  • Pinch of salt to taste
  • Pinch of pepper to taste
  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 1 cup ice water
  • 1 radish
  • 1 yellow zucchini
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 cucumber
  • 1 fennel
  • 1 lemon
  • Drizzle Yuzu
  • Pinch of salt to taste
  • Pinch of pepper to taste
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil

Instructions

  • Fill mixing bowl with room temperature water and soak bulgur wheat for 30 minutes 
  • Grill eggplant on high flame for 5 minutes on each side until soft and charcoaled . Remove both stems . Peel one eggplant, leave the other with the charred skin . Cut both eggplants into cubes . Put all cubed pieces into one blender . Add 1/2 cup of olive oil and squeeze 2 lemons . Add salt and pepper for taste . Mix in blender on high until smooth
  •  Strain water from the soaked bulgur wheat and move to a mixing bowl
  • Dress pumpkin with thyme leaves, salt, pepper and oil . Sauté pumpkin in medium pan for 3 minutes till golden brown
  • In a separate bowl, add 2 tablespoons Yuzu, salt, pepper, olive oil, chili and mix . 
  • In another bowl, mix bulgur, sautéed pumpkin, dates, pomegranate seeds, pears, parsley, mint, and ginger, then mix well. Add Yuzu dressing from the first bowl to mixture and taste .
  •  Remove sea bream skin . Cut fish long way and then in half to result in four equally-sized rectangles . Season raw pieces with thyme, salt, pepper and olive oil . Add the eggplant paste to one side of each fish piece , Add one piece of sliced bread to the same side as the eggplant paste . Cut the bread to align with the size of each fish . Add all four pieces to a sauté pan . Cook fish at medium heat for 2 minutes, bottom side first then flip until top side is golden brown
  • In a medium size bowl, mix tahini, lemon, salt, pepper, olive oil and ice water.
  •  Soak the vegetable(s) garnish in lemon, olive oil, Yuzu, salt, and pepper
  •  Plating : Smear tahini in a line on the bottom of the plate . Place bulgur salad directly on top . Add the four pieces of cooked sea bream, shingled . Roll each vegetable and place throughout the plate, on top of the fish or in the bulgur salad . Garnish with leaves