Rice tagliatelle, red mullet, peppers and bottarga
- Starter
- Medium
- 4
- 2 hours 30 minutes
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Showcasing the fine and delicately flavoured flesh of red mullet, this gluten-free pasta recipe from Cristina Bowerman makes a vibrant and flavour-packed starter. The pasta is finished cooking in a homemade mullet stock, giving it an extra rich flavour of the sea.
Ingredients
Gluten-free pasta
- 300g of buckwheat flour
- 100g of rice flour
- 4 eggs
- salt
Red mullet stock and fillets
- 2 red mullet, at least 300g each
- 500g of small red mullet
- 150g of mirepoix, (celery, carrot and onion mix)
- 1/4 garlic clove
- 50g of dry white wine
- 1 tbsp of tomato paste
- 1 bunch of fresh coriander
- 1 roast red pepper , cut thinly into slices
- 90g of almonds , toasted and crumbled
- 80g of bottarga , aged in Armagnac
- cider vinegar
- extra virgin olive oil, as needed
Method
1
To make the rice pasta, place the two types of flour on a work surface in a mound and create a well in the centre. Crack the eggs into the well, add a pinch of salt and, using your fingers, start to mix the eggs into the flours, gradually incorporating more flour as you mix. You should eventually have a smooth dough – add a little more rice flour if the dough starts sticking to the work surface
- 300g of buckwheat flour
- 100g of rice flour
- 4 eggs
- salt
2
Roll the dough into a ball and place into a bowl. Cover with a clean cloth and leave to rest for 30 minutes
3
Roll out the dough – but not too thinly – as gluten-free pasta dough tends to be more brittle than regular dough. Dust a work surface with more rice flour and cut the pasta into long tagliatelle strips
4
Simmer the small red mullets in 1.5l of water for 60 minutes over a very low heat and then blend into a purée using a food processor
- 500g of small red mullet
5
In a small saucepan, add a little olive oil and sauté the mirepoix over a low heat until fragrant. Take off the heat and set aside
- extra virgin olive oil, as needed
- 150g of mirepoix, (celery, carrot and onion mix)
6
Clean and cut 4 fillets from the large mullets and set aside. Wash the bones well, dry, and cook with a little olive oil in a medium saucepan. Stir in the mirepoix, garlic, white wine, tomato paste and mullet purée
- 2 red mullet, at least 300g each
- 1/4 garlic clove
- 50g of dry white wine
- 1 tbsp of tomato paste
7
Stir well and simmer the stock for a maximum of 50 minutes. Pass through a sieve and set the mixture aside
8
Cook the rice tagliatelle in salted boiling water for approximately 4 minutes until half-cooked, then drain
9
Pour a ladel of the mullet stock into a medium saucepan and then add the tagliatelle to finish cooking it over a medium heat
10
Slice the reserved red mullet fillets lengthways into strips
11
Place the tagliatelle on a plate and add the slices of the roasted pepper, the red mullet fillets and some fresh coriander. Drizzle over a spoonful of olive oil. Serve with a splash of apple cider vinegar, toasted almonds and grated bottarga
- 1 roast red pepper , cut thinly into slices
- 90g of almonds , toasted and crumbled
- 80g of bottarga , aged in Armagnac
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