Sweet Maine Shrimp-Coated Halibut with Chorizo and Crushed Garbanzo Beans

Ingredients

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Method

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Cheesy Summary

Halibut topped with a sweet Maine shrimp mousse and shrimp pieces, paired with chorizo cream sauce, saffron fingerling potatoes, garbanzo beans, basil, and crisp shrimp crackers.

Dependencies / Missing Base Recipes

• Chicken Stock, referenced from page 368.
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Components

• Shrimp cracker
• Chorizo cream sauce
• Shrimp-coated halibut
• Saffron potatoes
• Garbanzo bean fricassee
• Finish

Shrimp Cracker

Ingredients

• 11 ounces peeled sweet Maine shrimp
• 6 tablespoons tapioca flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch freshly ground white pepper
• 1 pinch smoked paprika
• Canola oil, for frying

Method

1. Puree the shrimp with tapioca flour, salt, white pepper, and smoked paprika until smooth.
2. Shape into a tight cylinder and wrap securely.
3. Steam until set, about 1 hour.
4. Chill completely.
5. Slice into thin discs and fry in batches until crisp.
6. Drain, cool, and reserve.

Chorizo Cream Sauce

Ingredients

• 4 ounces chorizo sausage, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup sliced onion
• 1 clove garlic, peeled and chopped
• 1 sachet with spices, herbs, and aromatics
• 1/4 cup dry white wine
• 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup Chicken Stock, referenced from page 368, plus extra if needed

Method

1. Cook the chorizo gently until it releases its oil.
2. Add onion and garlic and cook until softened.
3. Add the sachet, wine, and sherry vinegar; reduce until almost dry.
4. Add cream and chicken stock and simmer lightly for about 20 minutes.
5. Remove the sachet.
6. Blend, pass through a fine sieve, and thin with additional stock if needed.
7. Reserve chilled.

Shrimp-Coated Halibut

Ingredients

• 1 pound halibut fillet, preferably thick pieces from the head side
• 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 10 ounces peeled sweet Maine shrimp
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg white
• 1 tablespoon heavy cream
• Freshly ground white pepper
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened

Method

1. Cut the halibut into even rectangular portions.
2. Season with salt and sugar and let stand briefly.
3. Rinse and pat dry.
4. Reserve 16 attractive shrimp pieces for the top of the fish.
5. Puree the remaining shrimp with salt, egg white, heavy cream, and white pepper to make a mousse.
6. Pass the mousse through a fine sieve.
7. Spread a thin layer of mousse over the tops of the halibut portions.
8. Arrange the reserved shrimp pieces over the mousse.
9. Hold chilled until the continuation/final cooking method is verified.

Saffron Potatoes

Ingredients

• 4 fingerling potatoes, about 3 inches long
• Salt
• Freshly ground white pepper
• 1 cup Chicken Stock, referenced from page 368
• 1 clove garlic, peeled
• 2 sprigs thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 small pinch saffron threads

Method

1. Simmer the fingerling potatoes with chicken stock, garlic, thyme, bay leaf, saffron, salt, and white pepper until tender.
2. Cool in the cooking liquid.
3. Reserve for finishing.

Garbanzo Bean Fricassee

Ingredients

• Salt
• 3 cups fresh garbanzo beans
• 12 Thai basil leaves
• Salt
• Freshly ground white pepper

Method

1. Blanch the garbanzo beans in salted boiling water until tender.
2. Drain and reserve.
3. Finish with Thai basil, salt, and white pepper once the full service sequence is verified.

To Finish

Ingredients

• 12 Thai basil leaf sprigs
• 1 pinch Korean dried chile threads
• Reserved shrimp crackers
• Reserved chorizo cream sauce
• Reserved saffron potatoes
• Reserved garbanzo beans
• Reserved shrimp-coated halibut

Method

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2. Expected service structure: warm sauce, potatoes, and garbanzo beans; cook the shrimp-coated halibut gently; garnish with basil, chile threads, and shrimp crackers.

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