
Red mullet with paella rice, bouillabaisse and a rouille foam
The red mullet belongs to the perch-like fish and is also known as the 'king of the gurnard'.Grey mullet has a distinctive flavor and is versatile in preparation.Ingredients
Salted butter
small size red mullets
brick pastry
Red bell pepper
Shallot
Sunflower oil
Garlic
Pimentón
Bomba rice
5kgfish by-product
1Garlic
1Fennel
1Leek
2Onions
250gTomato paste
1Winter carrot
3kgripe tomatoes
0.25Thyme
4lFish stock
0.25Rosemary
0.5Fennel seed
200gcooked rice
saffron
30gspicy rouille
about half a tablespoon milk powder
300gshellfish stock
Preparation
- Fillet the red mullet and leave the tail on one fillet.
- Season the fillets with pepper and salt on the inside and place them on top of each other.
- Melt the butter and cut the brick pastry to size.
- Brush the pastry with the butter and wrap the fillets in it.
- Fry on both sides in oil so that the brick pastry becomes crispy and brown.
- Finish cooking in an oven for about 10 minutes at 70°C.
- Char the bell pepper (preferably) on a barbecue, then remove the skin and seeds.
- Transfer the pepper to a blender and, while blending, add sunflower oil until a paste forms.
- Finely chop a shallot and garlic.
- Sauté the shallot and garlic in olive oil.
- Add the pepper paste and a little pimentón and sauté briefly.
- Add the bomba rice and fry briefly.
- Deglaze with stock and let it cook gently until all the stock is absorbed.
- Remove the tough parts from the samphire and briefly stew in butter.
- Cut the samphire into pieces and mix into the rice.
- Blend the fish trimmings into mince.
- Cut all the vegetables into large pieces.
- Sauté the onions, garlic, and the rest of the vegetables in olive oil until lightly caramelized.
- Add tomato paste, chopped tomato, and fish mince, and deglaze with fish stock.
- Add herbs, saffron, and rice.
- Bring quickly to a boil and let simmer for about 15 minutes.
- Blend the soup and pass the mixture through a fine chinois.
- Season with pepper and salt.
- Blend all the ingredients with a hand blender.
- Heat the mixture and froth it up (for example, with a hand blender).
- Spoon the rouille foam onto the bouillabaisse.