Crudo. Raw. Rather than cooking, this fish is transformed by a highly concentrated salt brine and a large surface area to volume ratio, which allows it to cure quickly all the way through, concentrating flavor and firming up texture. I’ll be honest, this fish shines on its own. Glowing and translucent, a jewel like this…
Composed Dishes
Deconstructed Sabich
Sabich is an Israeli street food of fried eggplant, hard boiled egg, and (sometimes) boiled potato stuffed in a pita, and that’s before all the fixings. This circus in a bread pocket offers sundry launching points for exploration. In this post, I mix it all up into a deconstruction of miso-glazed eggplant with amba gel…