STEAMED BRILL WITH WILD GARLIC, GINGER AND CHILLI BROTH
STEAMED BRILL WITH WILD GARLIC, GINGER AND CHILLI BROTH
STEAMED BRILL WITH WILD GARLIC, GINGER AND CHILLI BROTH

Ingredients
  • 450ml/¾ pint vegetable stock
  • 100ml/3½fl oz coconut water
  • 1 slice ginger
  • 3 Jerusalem artichokes
  • peeled and cut into 1.5cm/0.5in pieces
  • 1 large handful sea beet leaves
  • 10 stems sea kale
  • 10 wild garlic leaves
  • 35ml/1fl oz white soy
  • 2 small cloves garlic
  • 5 dried chillies
  • sea salt
  • 5g flat leaf parsley
  • chopped
  • ½ lime
  • zest only
  • olive oil
  • to bind
  • 2 pinches bonito flakes
  • ½ lime
  • kept whole
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 5 wild garlic leaves
  • 2 slices ginger
  • 2 brill fillets (100-110g each)
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 sprigs fresh coriander
  • chopped
  • 2 fresh red chillies
  • sliced
Directions
  • For the broth
  • place the vegetable stock
  • coconut water and slice of ginger in a pan and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat
  • add the Jerusalem artichokes and simmer until tender
  • around 10 minutes.
  • Meanwhile
  • crush the garlic
  • dried chilli and salt in a pestle and mortar to a paste.
  • For the fish
  • mix the parsley with the lime zest and a small amount of olive oil to combine and use to coat one side of the brill fillets. Place the fish on a piece of parchment paper in a steaming basket and set to one side.
  • Pour 500ml water into a separate pan that your steaming basket fits on top of and add the bonito flakes
  • half a lime
  • the garlic clove
  • wild garlic and ginger
  • then bring to the boil. Place the steaming basket over the pan and steam for 5-7 minutes
  • until just cooked through.
  • When the Jerusalem artichokes are tender
  • add the sea beet leaves
  • sea kale
  • wild garlic and white soy to the broth and simmer for a further minute. Stir in the chilli paste to taste.
  • To serve
  • spoon some of the broth into a bowl and place the brill on top and season with salt and pepper. Spoon some of the sea vegetables on top of the fish and around the bowl
  • sprinkle with coriander and chilli and eat straight away.