Organic Crudites, Whipped Smoked Roe and Furikake
Ingredients
- A selection of your favourite crunchy seasonal organic vegetables washed and sliced into finger food sliced pieces.
Furikake mix
- ½ cup of puffed wild rice (available from an organic shop)
- 55g jar of Furikake seasoning (available from an Asian supermarket)
- Sesame crumb
- 2 cups bonito flakes (available from an Asian supermarket)
- 1 cup white sesame seeds
- 1½ cups brown sugar
Whipped roe
- 250g smoked fish roe
- 200g boiling water
- 60g stale bread (crustless stale bread)
- 600ml neutral oil, chilled in freezer for 15 mins prior to use (eg. grapeseed oil)
- Lemon juice
- Salt
- Pepper
Method
Furikake mix
- Lay the bonito flakes in a small rectangle on a paper-lined baking tray and cover the rectangle with the sesame seeds.
- Cover the rectangle of bonito and sesame with the brown sugar, ensuring an even coating and that all of the ingredients are covered by the brown sugar (to stop burning).
- Bake in oven at 160°C (low or no fan), until the brown sugar has turned darker brown all over (approx. 20–25 minutes).
- Remove from oven and allow to cool.
- Put into a food processor and blend until a fine powder is achieved.
- Tip into mixing bowl, add furikake and puffed rice and mix well.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
Whipped roe
- Pour boiling water over the roe and allow to soften for 5 minutes.
- Cut up bread and cover with additional cold water and soak for 5 minutes.
- Squeeze excess moisture out of bread and add to roe mixture and pour into blender and blend until smooth.
- While blending, drizzle in chilled oil until mayonnaise-like consistency is achieved.
- Using lemon juice, salt and pepper, season to taste.
- Store chilled in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
To serve
- Take a dish or plate and put a dollop of the whipped roe on one side. Cover with a generous sprinkle of the Furikake mix.
- Arrange selection of organic vegetables onto plate, drizzle with your favourite extra virgin olive oil and sprinkle with flakey salt.
Notes
A home substitute option for the whipped roe is to use Taramasalata dip which is available from some supermarkets.