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For the marinated sardines
Ingredients
- 8 ea Sardines (each 40g)
- 50 g Gulten free Vinaigrette
- 75 g White wine vinegar
- 10 g Salt
- 175 g Water
- 100 g Extra virgin olive oil
Directions
- 1
Remove the scales and filet the sardines.
- 2
In a bowl, mix vinegar, salt and water.
- 3
Marinate the sardine filets in this mixture for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
- 4
Drain, add Gluten free Vinaigrette, and let marinate for an additional 15 minutes.
- 5
Remove the marinated sardine filets, drain, cover with extra virgin olive oil, and set aside in the refrigerator.
For the almond cream
Ingredients
- 150 g Chopped raw almond
- 175 g Water
- 0.1 g Xantan gum
- Salt
Directions
- 1
Add the water to the chopped almonds and blend with a hand blender.
- 2
Let sit in the refrigerator for 12 hours.
- 3
Pulse in a blender until a fine cream is reached. Strain through a cheesecloth to obtain fine and creamy almond milk.
- 4
Add the xanthan gum and blend until no lumps remain.
- 5
Add salt to taste and set aside in the refrigerator.
For the black truffle oil
Ingredients
- 15 g Black Périgord truffle
- 50 g Corn oil
Directions
- 1
Crush the truffle with oil in a blender.
- 2
Pour this mixture into a sous-vide bag, and cook in a Roner at 55 ºC for 2 hours.
- 3
Keep in the refrigerator for 24 hours, and then pour into a sauce dispenser.
- 4
Set aside in the refrigerator.
For the basil oil
Ingredients
- 25 g Fresh basil leaves
- 50 g Virgin olive oil
Directions
- 1
Blanch the basil leaves for 3 seconds in boiling water.
- 2
Drain and cool the leaves in ice water.
- 3
Blend the scalded basil with oil.
- 4
Strain and store in a sauce dispenser.
For the fried almonds and fried pine nuts
Ingredients
- 16 ea Almonds
- 16 ea Pine nuts
- 75 g Sunflower oil
- Salt
Directions
- 1
Fry the almonds and pine nuts starting from in a cold pan.
- 2
When they begin to brown, remove and dry off the excess oil over paper towels.
- 3
Add salt to taste and set aside at room temperature.
For the cherry tomatoes
Directions
- 1
Blanch the tomatoes in boiling water for 5 seconds.
- 2
Drain, cool down in iced water, and peel.
- 3
Set aside in the refrigerator.
Presentaion
Ingredients
- 20 g Gluten free Vinaigrette
- 15 g Arbequina Caviaroli
- 16 leaf Fresh basil
- Salt
Directions
- 1
Drain the marinated sardine filets from oil and arrange four of them in each plate at a slight diagonal.
- 2
Dress the bottom of the plate with almond cream, and drizzle the black truffle oil over.
- 3
Distribute 4 tomatoes between the sardine filets, and dress of them with basil oil and a pinch of salt.
- 4
Salt the sardine filets and dress them with 3 drops of Gluten free Vinaigrette.
- 5
Place one fried almond and one fried pine nut on each sardine filet. Also put a bit of Caviaroli on each of them.
- 6
Finish by placing a basil leaf at each side of the tomatoes.