Smoked Eel 'jellied' With Apple And Beetroot

Ingredients

Ingredients For the horseradish sauce
  • 100g/3½oz fresh horseradish, peeled, finely grated

  • 50ml/2fl oz white wine vinegar

  • 50g/2oz caster sugar

For the marinade
  • 50ml/2fl oz rice wine vinegar

  • 100ml/3½fl oz water

  • 100g/3½oz caster sugar

For the beetroot and apple crisps
  • 5 green apples, peeled, cored, very finely sliced (keep slices in a bowl of acidulated water to prevent them from going brown)

  • 4 medium-sized organic beetroot, peeled, very finely sliced

For the jelly
  • 175ml/6¼fl oz freshly squeezed beetroot juice

  • 175ml/6¼fl oz freshly squeezed green apple juice

  • 2 sheets gelatine, soaked in water until softened, squeezed dry

For the horseradish crème fraîche
  • 1 tbsp horseradish sauce (as made from recipe)

  • 125g/4½oz cràme fraîche

  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

To serve
  • 140g/5oz smoked Lough Neagh eel, skin and bones removed, cut into small squares

  • 1 punnet rock chives

  • 1 punnet baby purple shiso

Description

Recipe Uses 100g/3½oz Fresh Horseradish, Peeled, Finely Grated, 50ml/2fl Oz White Wine Vinegar, 50g/2oz Caster Sugar, 50ml/2fl Oz Rice Wine Vinegar,...

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