Pan seared red mullet on a bed of wild mushroom risotto served with green asparagus, beurre noisettes and radish salad
Ingredients
4x220g red mullet
200g mixed wild mushrooms
100g of onion finely chopped
200g of risotto rice
150ml of white wine
1Ltr of chicken stock
100g of parmesan cheese Grated
12 each green asparagus, peeled and blanched
250g butter
Juice of a lemon
2 Tsp of chopped parley
For the Radish Salad
Julienne of 2 Spring Onions
Julienne of 1 Sweet Carrot
Julienne of 1 bunch of Radishes
Picked leaves of Flat Parsley
Lemon Dressing
Method
Prepare all the ingredients for the radish salad and keep refrigerated.
Fillet and prepare the fish.
Prepare the wild mushrooms, cook. Keep some for garnish and chop the rest for the risotto.
For the risotto:
Sweat the onions for a few minutes in a little butter. Add the rice and sweat further. Deglaze with half of the white wine, reduce. Add the chicken stock a little at a time until cooked.
Season the fish with sea salt and black pepper.
Pan Fry the skin side first until nice colour then turn over for a few seconds.
Place the remaining butter in a pan and cook until nut brown colour. Deglaze with lemon juice (being very careful with spitting butter) and pass through a fine chinois add chopped parsley.
Finish the risotto: add a little white wine, chopped wild mushrooms, parmesan and butter to taste check for seasoning.
Dress the salad with the lemon dressing, check for seasoning.
Place the risotto on the plate then the fish, the garnish and the salad, finally the beurre noisettes and serve.