Char Tartare by Anna Matscher

Char Tartare by Anna Matscher
© Konrad Limbeck

Char Tartare

This recipe with char comes from Anna Matscher in Alto Adige, who cooks in the restaurant Zum Löwen.

Anna Matscher

Herbal oil:

Ingredients (4 servings)
1 twigs rosemary, small
some basil
some thyme
1/2 orange, with peel
1/2 lemon, with peel
60 g olive oil
60 g seed oil (e.g sunflower, grapeseed etc.)
pinch(es) salt

Add all the ingredients to a bowl and leave to marinate at room temperature for two days. 

Char:

Ingredients (4 servings)
1 kg char, skinned and boned, or substitute trout
some wood sorrel, if unavailable substitute rocket
pinch(es) salt
cayenne pepper, to taste
  • Carefully cut the char into brunoise (extremely finely diced cubes, approx 3mm.)
  • Marinate (approx. 30 mins) with the herb oil, salt, cayenne pepper and sliced wood sorrel.

Salad:

Ingredients (4 servings)
1/2 kg beetroot
1 small apple
1/2 teaspoon(s) caraway seeds
some olive oil
some coarse sea salt
pinch(es) freshly ground black pepper
splash(es) apple cider vinegar
some vegetable stock
  • Halve the beetroot, cover with aluminum foil and simmer in the oven at 160 °C for 2 to 3 hours with the skin on, covered with a liberal sprinkling of coarse salt. Once cooked peel and dice very finely (approx. 3mm cubes).
  • Marinate beets with olive oil, crushed caraway seeds, salt, black pepper, apple cider vinegar and vegetable stock.
  • Leave for a few hours. Then peel the apples, core them and dice finely, then add them to the beetroot. Season to taste.

Apple jelly:

Ingredients (4 servings)
2 apples, squeeze the juice out of them
some ascorbic acid
1.5 g agar-agar

Immediately mix the freshly squeezed apple juice with ascorbic acid and add agar-agar, bring to the boil and allow to cool.

Serving:

Ingredients (4 servings)
handful dill
dried beetroot slices

Use a brush to draw a line across the plate with the beetroot marinade. Then arrange the char tartare and salad alternately. Decorate with dried beetroot slices, apple jelly and dill.

Tip:

Falstaff wine recommendation:

Terlano Classico 2015
Winery Terlano
A traditional blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc and Sauvignon. Fragrant, appealing nose of fresh apple, white peach and sage. Classy and juicy on the palate, fruit present, nice flow.

Production: Florence Wibowo
Food styling: Benni Willke
Ceramics: petralindenbauer.at

Anna Matscher
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