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Taste Festivals recipes Sea bass with tapenade crust, fennel and baby artichokes recipe

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Date Published:
19/12/2007

Don't be daunted by this recipe - this roasted wild sea bass with soft black tapenade crust, saffron fennel and baby artichokes barigouleis is definitely worth the effort. Pascal Proyart from One-O-One cooks up a storm for Taste of London.

Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 4, 170g sea bass fillets
  • Olive oil to pan-roast the fish

For the olive tapenade

  • 250g black niçoise olive paste
  • 30g anchovy fillet
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 20g parmesan, grated
  • 25g capers
  • 1 star anis
  • 5 basil leaves
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • 20-30ml vincotto vinegar

For the saffron fennel

  • 2 medium fennel
  • 1 pinch saffron pistils
  • 1 dash Pernod or pastis
  • 1 sprig thyme
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 star anis
  • 15g salt per litre of water
  • 3 tsp olive oil

For the baby artichokes barigoule

  • 300g fresh poivrade baby artichokes
  • 300ml good olive oil
  • 100ml French white wine
  • 1 tsp coriander seeds, crushed
  • 1-2 lemons, grated and juice
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 5 fresh basil leaves, crushed with stalk
  • 5 stalks and leaves coriander, crushed
  • 1tsp sea salt
  • 1 tsp water

For the barigoule sauce

  • 200g white powdered chicken stock
  • 100ml fresh mussel stock
  • 150g artichoke barigoule juice
  • 80g unsalted butter
  • 50ml olive oil

For the garnish for barigoule

  • 1 garlic clove, sliced and fried
  • 1tsp flat parsley, chopped
  • 1tsp fresh tomato, chopped
  • ½ lemon, squeezed

Method: How to make roasted sea bass

For the baby artichokes barigoule

1. Peel artichokes, slice in half, then sauté gently in olive oil with the coriander seeds and stalks, garlic, basil and grated lemon. Do not colour it.

2. Deglaze with lemon juice, add white wine, cook for 2 minutes. Top it with olive oil and some water to cover, simmer for 30-45 minutes; depending on the size of your artichokes.

3. Reserve them in the cooking juice until needed.

To make the tapenade

1. In a blender blitz the ingredients from the recipe above to a paste, then reserve.

To make the saffron fennel

1. Halve the fennel, place in a casserole and add the water. Season, then add the fennel, a pinch of saffron, a dash of Pernod, then add the rest of the recipe and cook it gently until soft. You can keep at least four days in their cooking juices, chilled.

To make the barigoule sauce

1. Bring chicken and mussel stock to simmer, add the cooking juice from the barigoule above, then blend well and incorporate the butter and finish with the olive oil.

2. Add lemon juice to awaken all the flavours, then add the chopped parsley, fried garlic and fresh tomato.Season to taste.

To make the sea bass

1. Put a small teaspoon of the tapenade on the skin side of the fish and gently pan fry on this side, 3/4 cook on the skin then turn and finish for 1-2 minutes in an oven at 200°C – allow to rest for two minutes.

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Recipe © courtesy of Pascal Proyart at One-O-One

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  1. Hi This not same Sea Bass disk shown in in Nicky Clarkes menu. can we have the salt one please
    Posted by garry millington on 13/11/2008 21:36:08
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