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Taramosalata

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- Ingredients
Ingredients
Pita Bread
Taramosalata
Pickled Fennel Stems
Prawns
Scallops
Prawn Head Aleppo Butter
Garnish
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Steps
- Preheat oven to 220°C Fan Forced.
For the Pita Bread
- Add yeast and sugar to lukewarm water, leave for 5 minutes.
- Once lightly foamy, combine with flour and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook attachment.
- Knead for 5 minutes until smooth.
- Portion dough into 50g balls, then roll out into 1.5cm thick discs, sprinkle with black sesame seeds and leave to rise for 45 minutes.
For the Taramosalata
- Peel and cut potatoes into large chunks, rinse and the boil in water until tender then drain.
- Add shallot, garlic, lemon juice, cod roe and sieved potatoes to a food processor and blend to a smooth paste. Slowly add the oil to emulsify.
- Taste, if it needs more roe flavour add more roe, if it needs more lemon, add more lemon.
- Add ice cubes to finish, this will make it super creamy.
To cook the Flat Bread
- Place a cast iron frypan in the oven to heat up.
- Place one pita bread in the frypan and cook for 10 minutes, or until puffy and golden brown all over.
For the Pickled Fennel Stems
- Thinly slice fennel stems with a mandolin on a fine setting.
- Put in a bowl and toss with lemon juice and sugar. Set aside.
For the Prawns
- Deshell and devein the prawns and chop into thirds.
- Add butter to a pan and put in the larger pieces of prawns and cook for 30 seconds, then add the rest.
- Once 80% cook through, add lime and lemon zest and finish with lemon juice off the heat.
- Set aside.
For the Scallops
- Add the olive oil to a hot frypan and sear the scallops until 80% cooked and caramelised, flip and add butter, baste, then take off heat.
- Chop scallops in quarters and add to prawns.
For the Prawn Head Aleppo Butter
- Add butter and prawn heads to a medium saucepan and cook until caramelised.
- Once caramelised take off heat and season with salt.
- Add lemon zest, coriander seeds and Aleppo pepper, let sit for 5 minutes before straining.
To Serve
- Spread your Taramosalata onto serving plate, top with Prawns and Scallops, drizzle with Prawn Head Aleppo Butter, then garnish with fennel fronds, dill and Pickled Fennel Stems.
- Serve with Pita Bread and extra Aleppo butter on the side.





















