Amberjack 'alla puttanesca'

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Michelin-starred chef Mauro Uliassi transforms the classic puttanesca sauce in this delicious starter featuring thinly sliced amberjack and raw prawn. Amberjack is a fantastic, underrated fish, with a tender texture and subtle, sweet taste. If unavailable Arctic char may be used as a substitute.

First published in 2015

Ingredients

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Amberjack and prawns

Dried capers

  • 200g of baby capers, salted

Oregano oil

  • 30g of dried oregano
  • 400g of extra virgin olive oil

Puttanesca

  • 1 small red onion, chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, chopped
  • 100g of passata
  • 10g of basil
  • coriander
  • 10 black olives, cut into cubes
  • 20 baby capers, in oil
  • 5 anchovies
  • salt
  • black pepper

To serve

  • baby salad leaves

Equipment

  • Blender
  • Dehydrator
  • Muslin cloth

Method

1
To begin, prepare the capers. Desalt the capers by soaking them in warm water for 2 hours
  • 200g of baby capers, salted
2
Drain and dry the capers with kitchen paper and place on a baking tray. Dry in a dehydrator or oven overnight at 60°C
3
When ready to cook, blitz the oregano with the oil and strain through a muslin cloth
  • 400g of extra virgin olive oil
  • 30g of dried oregano
4
To make the puttanesca sauce, heat a medium saucepan with the olive oil. Fry the red onion until tender, then add the garlic and cook for a further 2 minutes. Stir in the passata, followed by the basil, coriander and salt and pepper to taste. Cook for 3 more minutes and remove from the heat
  • 1 small red onion, chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, chopped
  • 100g of passata
  • 10g of basil
  • coriander
  • salt
  • black pepper
5
Place the slices of amberjack on a plate. Season the raw prawns with salt and pepper and place in the centre with a little of the puttanesca sauce drizzled around
6
Add the capers in oil, dried capers, anchovies and olives and a sprinkling of salad leaves. Finish with a drizzle of oregano oil and serve immediately
  • 20 baby capers, in oil
  • 10 black olives, cut into cubes
  • 5 anchovies
  • baby salad leaves

By turning his small beachside café into one of Italy’s top twenty restaurants, Mauro Uliassi has received three Michelin stars, won huge amounts of respect from his peers and created a sensory eating experience like no other.

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