Antonia Klugmann's recipe: cuttlefish, capers, leeks
Ingredients
- 300 g cuttlefish (only the body cleaned of the skin)
- 1 leek
- 50 g capers
- 200 g water
- 1.2 g agar-agar
- 30 g extra virgin olive oil
- stellaria and aglin to taste
For the leek
Ingredients
- 1 leek (about 100 g)
- 1 knob of butter
- salt to taste
- oil to taste
- pepper to taste
Procedure
Wash the leek. Separate the lower white part from the green part. From the white part, cut out thin strips about 20 cm long (it is preferable to use the middle parts, which are not too fibrous and hold up better to cooking) for a total weight of about 100 g.
Centrifuge the leftover scraps and the green part. The liquid is used for cooking the leek. Blanch the leek cut into strips. Once blanched, cook it in an iron skillet with a knob of butter, salt, pepper, oil and the centrifuge until perfectly blanched.
For the cuttlefish
Ingredients
- 300 g cuttlefish (only the body cleaned of the skin)
- salt to taste
- oil to taste.
Procedure
Blanch the cleaned cuttlefish on both sides in an iron skillet, after seasoning with salt and oil,placing a weight on top so it does not curl. Do not overcook, leaving the inside still tender. Cut longitudinal strips, keeping them as firm as possible.
For the caper dressing
Ingredients
- 50 g capers
- 200 g water
- 1.2 g agar-agar
- aglin to taste
Procedure
Rinse the capers of excess salt crystals. Soak them in water for at least 2 hours. Drain the capers but retain the liquid.
Dry the open capers like a flower for about12 hours at 45°C. Add the agar-agar to the liquid in a saucepan and bring the mixture 85° sulfur. Allow to cool.
Emulsify the very cold gelatin with the oil and adjust salt if necessary. Blanch the green part of the aglina and cool it in water and ice. Once chilled carve a julienne about 2 cm long.
Dish composition
Arrange the compacted cuttlefish on the plate. Add 4 dots of caper gel on top of the cuttlefish evicino each dot a piece of aglina and a caper. Arrange a nest of leek strips on the left side of the cuttlefish and complete the dish with the stellaria.
