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Smoked eel, pickled beetroot and horseradish

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for Smoked eel, pickled beetroot and horseradish

  • 30 mins preparation
  • 5 mins cooking plus marinating
  • Serves 6
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Smoked eel, pickled beetroot and horseradish
“My fiancé and I recently visited London’s Terroirs. Would chef Pascal Wiedemann be happy to share the recipe for his smoked eel and beetroot dish?”
Emma O’Neill, Lincoln, England
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Terroirs uses Lincolnshire smoked eel. You’ll need to begin this recipe a day ahead.

Ingredients

  • 2 beetroot, thinly sliced on a mandolin
  • 100 ml olive oil
  • 35 ml white wine vinegar
  • 20 gm mild honey
  • 1 tsp caster sugar
  • 6 thyme sprigs, plus extra leaves to serve
  • 200 ml pouring cream
  • 50 gm horseradish, finely grated on a Microplane
  • 1 tbsp cider vinegar
  • 6 pieces smoked eel (about 50gm each)
  • To serve: crusty bread (optional)

Method

Main
  • 1
    Place beetroot in a non-reactive container and set aside. Stir oil, vinegar, honey and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat to dissolve sugar (3-5 minutes), cool slightly, pour over beetroot, add thyme, cover and refrigerate for flavours to develop (6 hours-overnight).
  • 2
    Whisk cream to soft peaks in a bowl, fold in horseradish and cider vinegar, season to taste and refrigerate until required.
  • 3
    Drain beetroot (reserve brine), arrange on plates, top with eel and spoonfuls of horseradish cream, drizzle with a little reserved marinade, scatter with extra thyme, season to taste and serve with crusty bread.

Notes

This recipe is from the June 2012 issue of .

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