Serves 1
Ingredients
Seabass
80–100g sea bass, filleted and trimmed
Salt
1 tsp (rounded) Rocoto pepper, blanched and diced finely
Red and green shiso leaves
2–3 tbspInca corn
100 ml tiger’s milk
1 tbsp sweet fried onions
Tiger’s milk
2 sticks celery – the white end is better
100g onion, finely diced
50g ginger, peeled and chopped
4 cloves garlic
150ml freshly made, light fish stock
Small bunch coriander leaves, to taste
Juice of 9 limes
2 ají limo chillies, split
Sweet Fried Onions
1kg water
1200g sugar
1 red onion, shredded
Method
Tiger’s milk
Put the celery, onion, ginger, garlic and fish stock in a blender and liquidise. Pour into a container and leave to stand for 20 mins. Add the coriander, lime juice and chillies. Leave the mixture for another 20 mins. Strain through a sieve, extracting as much juice as possible, and chill.
Sweet fried onions
Prepare a stock syrup with 1 kg water to 1200 g sugar. Boil and cool. Macerate shredded red onions in the mixture overnight. Drain and deep-fry in hot oil until crisp. Pat dry on absorbent paper.
Seabass ceviche
Cut the fish into 1cm cubes. Sprinkle a little salt on it and mix with the Rocoto pepper. Put in a chilled glass bowl. Pour the tiger’s milk on top. Sprinkle the crisp fried onions over the fish. Finish with the shiso leaves. Serve most of the Inca corn separately, but add a few kernels to the bowl.
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