Poached Rockling with Baby Corn
Poached Rockling with Baby Corn
Cooking Mode:
Steam
Equipment
- Zip lock bag
- perforated baking tray
- chef knife
- small mixing bowls
- mortar and pestle
Ingredients
- 1 x 200gm rockling fillet (skin off)
- 6-8 baby corn
- 1/2 stalk of lemongrass
- 1-2cm piece peeled ginger
- 3-4 sprigs coriander
- 5gm black vinegar
- 5gm soy sauce
- 10gm sweet soy sauce
- flake salt
- extra virgin olive oil
METHOD
Crush the lemongrass with the blade of a chef’s knife and remove the outer layer, finely slice a 4-5cm piece from the root end and set aside. Finely slice the ginger and place the ginger and lemongrass into the bowl of a mortar and pestle.
Pound the ginger and lemongrass to a fine paste and transfer from the mortar and pestle to a small mixing bowl. Add black vinegar, soy and sweet soy to the lemongrass and ginger and mix briefly.
Place the rockling in a zip lock bag and pour in the soy marinate. Seal the bag and place the bag onto a perforated tray and into a pre-heated oven steam setting 65 °C for 35 minutes.
Slice the corn in half and set aside with picked coriander sprigs.
Once the fish is cooked adjust the temperature of the oven to 100 °C steam setting. Remove the fish from the tray and place the corn on the tray and into the oven for 7 minutes.
Once the corn is cooked remove it from the oven and mix it with the picked coriander, salt and evoo.
Place the corn on a serving dish and open the bag and pour off some of the poaching liquid. Place the fish on top of the corn and pour over a little of the poaching liquid. Finish with a drizzle of evoo and serve.
Pound the ginger and lemongrass to a fine paste and transfer from the mortar and pestle to a small mixing bowl. Add black vinegar, soy and sweet soy to the lemongrass and ginger and mix briefly.
Place the rockling in a zip lock bag and pour in the soy marinate. Seal the bag and place the bag onto a perforated tray and into a pre-heated oven steam setting 65 °C for 35 minutes.
Slice the corn in half and set aside with picked coriander sprigs.
Once the fish is cooked adjust the temperature of the oven to 100 °C steam setting. Remove the fish from the tray and place the corn on the tray and into the oven for 7 minutes.
Once the corn is cooked remove it from the oven and mix it with the picked coriander, salt and evoo.
Place the corn on a serving dish and open the bag and pour off some of the poaching liquid. Place the fish on top of the corn and pour over a little of the poaching liquid. Finish with a drizzle of evoo and serve.
HINTS & TIPS
Rockling can become very tough and rubbery if cooked at to higher temperature. Low temperature steaming is a perfect cooking method for this fish.
Keep baby corn crisp overcooked baby corn looses all it’s flavour and becomes very dull and tasteless.
Keep baby corn crisp overcooked baby corn looses all it’s flavour and becomes very dull and tasteless.
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