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Raw Fish

 

I got a bit carried away on the performing enhancing elixir last night and the blog went by the wayside! I got hold of another prime piece of salmon and cooking was out of the question so I opted for raw fish. I had made some jelly with the left over bread and butter pickle juice a few months ago, it always irks me to throw it away and no matter how hard I try I can never gauge it right. So I started saving it up I had about a litre of it and I think I added 4 teaspoons of gelatine, I recall having to go for a second round to get it to set. The result is outstanding. So I cut the salmon into very small dice, squeezed the juice of half a lime over it, gave it a drizzle of Ohura oil, a sprinkle of capers and fresh mint leaves and served with diced pickle jelly. Boom dinner! Sad to say if was a poor sponge for copious quantities of wine, a bowl of mashed spud would have served me better. I received a delivery of the new seasons Hamden Estate Rose today, needless to say I did not even open the box. Check out the former Hawera lawyer turned winemaker here http://www.hamdenestate.co.nz/ we got along there in the summer for a tasting and they let me do bombs in the swimming pool!

Todays Top Tip. Ravji's vegetable shop is open in Hawera, yay to the small guy wrestling some businesses from the supermarket monopoly. I also purchased milk, chinese 5 spice, ketjap manis and star anise there. Oh fucking yay!


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