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Cured fish with citrus and cucumber

Don’t throw those citrus peels away! Make the most out of your lemons and limes by using their skins (packed with plenty of essential oils) to create a fragrant salt and sugar mixture to cure fish.

Cured fish with citrus and cucumber

Credit: Jiwon Kim

  • serves

    4-6

  • prep

    20 minutes

  • difficulty

    Mid

serves

4-6

people

preparation

20

minutes

difficulty

Mid

level

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Ingredients

  • 300 g fine salt
  • 150 g sugar
  • 2 lemons, peel only
  • 2 limes, peel only
  • 300 g sashimi-grade kingfish, trimmed
  • 300 g sashimi-grade bluefin tuna, trimmed
  • 50 g gooseberries, halved
  • 1 green tomato, thinly sliced
  • 80 g fresh raw amaebi (sweet shrimp), peeled and deveined
  • 4 baby cucumbers, thinly sliced
  • 3 finger limes
  • 1 lime, finely zested
  • Cold-pressed hazelnut oil, nasturtium leaves and flowers, to serve
For the vinaigrette
  • 2 Lebanese cucumbers, roughly chopped
  • 2 large green tomatoes, quartered
  • 1 cup seedless green grapes
  • 2 cm x 2 cm piece horseradish root, finely grated
  • 2 limes, juiced
  • 2 lemons, juiced
  • Salt
Marinating time: 45 - 50 minutes

Instructions

  1. Combine the salt, sugar and citrus peels in a large bowl, massaging the lemon and lime peels into the sugar/salt mixture to infuse. Cut the sashimi into thin bite-sized strips, then combine with the cure. Refrigerate for 45-50 minutes. When the fish has finished curing, prepare an ice-bath and rinse the sliced fish in the cool water to remove the cure. Pat dry with paper towel and transfer to a plate and refrigerate until needed.
  2. To make the vinaigrette, combine the ingredients in a high-speed blender. Blend until smooth, then strain through a fine mesh strainer and season to taste with salt.
  3. To serve, spoon some of the vinaigrette onto a large serving bowl. Top with the cured fish, gooseberries, green tomato, raw amaebi (sweet shrimp), baby cucumbers and some finger lime caviar. Sprinkle with a little lime zest, drizzle with hazelnut oil and garnish with nasturtium flowers and leaves and serve immediately.

Photography by Jiwon Kim.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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