
Sardine with tomato confit and cucumber espuma
A delicious combination including fish, tomato, and cucumber.Ingredients
1Sushi vinegar
1Red wine vinegar
2Olive oil
1Sugar syrup 1:1
20gGinger juice
20gSugar
1Chopped shallot
Fleur de sel
3beef tomatoes
Pepper and salt
2Cucumbers
1Egg white
fresh sardines
2soaked gelatin sheets
3chopped anchovies in oil
Preparation
- Blanch the tomatoes and cut the concassé into brunoise, mix with the chopped shallot and anchovy.
- Add the red wine vinegar and olive oil and season with salt, pepper, and sugar.
- Preheat an oven and confit this at 80°C for 75 minutes.
- Place the fresh sardines on a metal tray, carefully check for bones. Brush with a little olive oil and sear with a blowtorch.
- For the espuma, juice cucumbers in a juicer and collect the juice. Add sushi vinegar and egg white.
- Heat the sugar syrup and dissolve the soaked gelatin sheets in it.
- Add this to the other ingredients and season with salt and pepper.
- Pour into a siphon and charge with 2 cartridges.
- Place a ring mold on the plate, spoon in the confit tomato. Place the seared sardines on top.
- Just before serving or at the table, add the cucumber espuma.

