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Turbot at Cycene.

Rebecca Dickson

Slow-cooked turbot, lettuce sauce, fish bone caramel

Delicious turbot fillet with two sauces from chef Theo Clench of Michelin-starred Cycene in London. 

31 July, 2023
Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

serves for

4

ingredients

Lettuce sauce
Romaine lettuce
1 head
Banana shallots
3
Butter
75g/2.6oz
Double cream
75g/2.6oz
Water
75g/2.6oz
Salt
10g/0.35oz
Fish bone caramel
Turbot bones
1kg/2.2lbs or any flat fish bones
Onion
1, brown
Carrots
2
Leek
1
Celery
1 stick
Black peppercorns
10
Tomatoes
4 on the vine
Red miso
100g/3.5oz
Shiitake mushrooms
50g/1.75oz, dried
Cooking sake
200g/7oz
Water
2l/8 cups
Sugar
100g/3.5oz
Turbot
Turbot
1 dark side fillet
Butter
25g/0.9oz, softened

Method

Step 01

For the lettuce sauce

Finely slice the shallots and add to a saucepan with melted butter. Sweat off until soft without caramelising,

Step 02

Finely slice the romaine lettuce and add to the pan, turning up the heat to cook quickly and preventing the lettuce from discolouring. Once wilted, add the water and cream.

Step 03

Bring to a boil and remove from the heat, blend in a food processor, pass through a fine sieve and chill over ice.

Step 04

Reheat the sauce before serving.

Step 05

For the fish bone caramel

Cut up the fish bones finely and roast them in the oven at 180°C/350°F degrees until dark and golden.

Step 06

Cut up the onions, carrots, leeks and celery and roast off in a pan with a little oil until dark and caramelised. Add roasted fish bones, water, miso, shiitake, sake and tomato and simmer for 40 minutes.

Step 07

Pass through a fine sieve and reserve the stock.

Step 08

Once the stock is finished, make a dark caramel with sugar, pour the fish stock onto the caramel, and reduce to the desired consistency.

Step 09

For the turbot

Portion the turbot into 4 pieces, leaving the skin on. Rub the flesh of each portion with softened butter and season.

Step 10

Place on baking paper and bake in the oven at 160°C/320°F for 8-12 minutes.

Step 11

Once cooked, remove the skin and season again.

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