SQUID A LA PLANCHA
SQUID A LA PLANCHA
SQUID A LA PLANCHA

Ingredients
  • 250ml/9fl oz light fish stock
  • 50ml/2fl oz whipping cream
  • 250ml/9fl oz crème fraîche liquid
  • 200g/7oz parmesan
  • grated
  • 3 tomatoes
  • skinned and deseeded
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 20g/¾oz duck fat
  • 50g/1¾oz beef marrow
  • chopped
  • 1 shallot
  • finely chopped
  • 180g/6oz risotto rice
  • such as carnaroli acquarello
  • 200ml/7fl oz dry white wine
  • 500ml/18fl oz chicken stock
  • pinch Espelette chilli powder
  • 5g squid ink
  • 100ml/3½fl oz of whipping cream
  • 720g/1lb 10oz squid
  • cleaned and scored
  • salt
  • 70g/2½oz duck fat
  • 60g/2¼oz cured chorizo
  • cubed
  • 2 sprigs parsley
  • 1 lemon
  • juice only
  • 250ml/9fl oz white stock
  • 15g/½oz butter
  • 1 tsp olive oil
Directions
  • For the parmesan emulsion
  • Heat the fish stock
  • whipping cream
  • crème fraîche and parmesan in a pan and bring to the boil. Leave to infuse for a few hours. Sieve the sauce and reheat before serving.
  • For the confit tomato petals
  • preheat the oven to 110C/225F/Gas ¼.
  • Cut the flesh from the sides of the tomatoes to make twelve rounded petal shapes.
  • Place the tomato petals on a baking sheet and drizzle with the olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
  • Cook for one hour. Remove and set aside
  • For the rice
  • in a frying pan heat the duck fat and beef marrow
  • add the shallot and fry gently without colouring.
  • Add the rice then pour in the wine and cook for two minutes. Add the chicken stock until it just covers the rice. Once the stock is absorbed
  • little by little
  • add more stock until the rice is cooked (about 20 minutes). Season with salt
  • pepper and Espelette chilli
  • add the squid ink
  • then stir in the whipping cream.
  • Season the squid with salt. Heat the duck fat in a frying pan and fry the squid gently.
  • Add the chorizo and cook for a few minutes. Add 12 confit tomato petals and parsley.
  • Add the lemon juice and white stock to the pan and deglaze (scraping the cooked on parts from the bottom of the pan). Heat to reduce for a minute
  • then mix in the butter and the olive oil.
  • Place a spoonful of the rice in the centre of the plate and top with the squid mix.
  • Place a hand blender in the emulsion and blend until foam appears.
  • Dress the dish with the foam.