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.

