MOLETWA'S WESKUS YELLOWTAIL WITH SPEKBOOM SALSA
RECIPE BY: Moletwa
Spekboom salsa, yellow tail, bokkom aioli with wild rosemary crackers
Bokkom Aioli
1 large Egg
I tablespoon Red wine vinegar
1 table spoon Dyon Mustard
1 cup Veg oil
1/4 tap salt
1 teaspoon lime juice ( or more to taste)
1/2 roasted garlic bulb (Cut top of Garlic bulb & cover with Olive oil then roast in oven for 15 mins @ 200°c)
1-2 grated bokkom fillet
Pinch Black Pepper
- Blend together in food processor and put in a piping bag and set aside in the fridge
Cracker
300g flour
2 tablespoons wild rosemary
15ml / 1 tablespoon Royal Baking Powder
15g Sugar
Pinch of Salt
90g COLD Clover butter
30g Vegetable Oil
160g cold Water
- Blend dry ingredients and butter together in processor till it looks like wet sand then slowly add the wet ingredients till combined. Roll dough between two baking sheets till thin (almost transparent) and rest in freezer for 20-30mins
- Cut out with cookie cutter and bake at 180 for 8-10mins
- later, once Baked brush and sprinkle with:
- Maldon Salt
- Melted Clover butter
Salsa with mint pesto
Mint Pesto
150g Mint
37g Cashew nuts TOASTED
37g Roasted Garlic (From earlier
lemon juice me for taste
1 large green chilli (seeds removed)
75g Parmesan Cheese
- Blend together in food processor, add olive oil to emulsify into a bit of a chunky paste
Spekboom Salsa
1/2 cup of canned corn kernels (Charred with blow torch)
1/2 cup washed spekboom leaves (no stems)
1/2 cup Diced red pepper
SALT to taste
- Mix everything together with the mint pesto
Lime and ginger vinaigrette
3 limes juiced and
1 lime zest
3 teaspoons honey
Pinch of Salt (to taste)
1 tablespoon fresh ginger finely grated
3/4 cup oil
- Blend together till emulsified
Rooibos Dry Rub for fish
50g Rooibos tea leaves
1 tablespoon garlic flakes
1 teaspoon black pepper
2 Orange zest
30g finely chopped dried apple
10ml brown sugar
Pinch of Maldon salt
- Put in food processor and blend for a few seconds till it looks like wet sand.
- Coat yellow tail fillets with the mix and sear for 30-40secs each side.
Plating
- Place even amounts of each element on a plate and serve with crackers
