Dinner tonight aboard the Finesse, herb crusted fillet of lamb served on a bed of wilted spinach, fondant potatoes, baby carrots, banana shallots, roasted garlic purée & broad beans. Lamb fillet is cooked sous vide at 56 centigrade for 45 minutes before being sealed in a frying pan, brushed with Dijon mustard & the…
Category: Ingredients
Dorade Royale
light summery main course from dinner tonight aboard the Finesse. Dorade Royale known as Sea Bream in the U.K, served with bok Choc, asparagus, sous vide braised baby fennel &sauce vierge with some yellow cocktail tomatoes added to the classic recipe. A classic sauce vierge is made up of extra virgin olive oil, concase tomato…
Lamb Provencal
Lamb dish from this week on the Finesse, local lamb fillet which has been cooked sous vide at 56 degrees for 45 minutes before being seated very quickly in a frying pan, lamb needs to be well seared in a pan to create the caramel on the meat. The lamb is served with courgette, aubergine…
Lemon tart
Dessert on the Finesse menu was my modern take on lemon tart, an intense free standing lemon cream like you find in a lemon tart, a gluten free almond biscuit to represent the pastry case, an isomalt sugar glass to replace the glazed top on a traditional lemon tart, lemon fluid gel, fresh raspberries, dehydrated…
White chocolate mousse
A new dessert on the Finesse menu is a white chocolate mousse scented with Darjeeling tea, cinnamon, star anise & vanilla. It is served on a bed of chocolate soil, fresh orange segments, orange scented chocolate ganache made with 66% mexique chocolate, orange sorbet made with fresh orange juice & mint sprigs. The chocolate mousse…
Quiche
A recipe that was asked for almost every week this season on the boat was that of the humble quiche. A lunch staple on the Rosa & regularly the most popular dish, quiches have been given a poor image by bland cold buffet quiches in soggy pastry. The pastry is as important as the filling…
Beef Bourguignon
As the tempretures drop it’s time to create warmer lunches & there is no more classic french dish than Beouf bourguignon. Beautiful ” Salers ” beef cheeks cooked down very slowly in Red Bordeaux wine with shallots, garlic, girolles, thyme & carrots. Finished with more carrots, smoked bacon & parsley The perfect lunch on deck…
Prune & Armagnac tart
One of the sweet treats associated with this area of France is the classic Prune & Armagnac tart made with the amazing dried sweet plums of Agen. One of the dishes from Rick Steins French Odyssey, which was filmed on the boat, however this recipe is different from that in the film as we use…
Amuse Bouche
A ” Cassoulet ” of escargot (snails) with slow braised oxtai & parsley, garlic & walnut crumble. Cooking the snails in the cooking liqueur from the oxtail means they take on all the great flavours from the sauce.
62.8 degree sous vide egg
Replating of previous dish, sous vide egg cooked for forty five minutes at 62.8 degrees, served with parsley & walnut crumble, girolles, pumpkin seeds, parmesan, & pea shoots.
Steamed Cod
Entree from Tuesdy dinner, Steamec Cod with violet cauliflower, violet cauliower purée, Romanesque, Haricot vert, Palourde.
Chocolate Dessert
Dessert from this weeks dinner menu, chocolate caramel ganache, cherry & hazelnut financier, creme fraiche sorbet, caramel hazelnut.
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