Thermomix Sea Urchin Custards
With soft as the theme for the week I just had to put in a custard. This was inspired by my meal at Ristorante Cracco earlier in the year. Carlo Cracco uses sea urchins (ricci di mare) in many of his dishes, including this beef kidneys with sea urchin roe.
He also made a creamed risotto with sea urchins and coffee in the Thermomix in Heston Blumenthal's episode on risotto.
The chapter "Harbour Picnic" in Stephanie Alexander's "A Shared Table" contains a recipe for a sea urchin custard. You can find a snippet with Janni Kyritsis and Stephanie talking about sea urchins and the sea urchin custard here at ABC downloads.
Many people will be put off by the appearance of the sea urchin and fortunately you can now buy them already cleaned. There are Australian and imported roe for sale from good fishmongers. They have a very delicate flavour and despite their appearance are easy to clean and obtain the roe.
I know this is not going to be a big hit, but we loved it and MrsT was very sceptical when she saw me preparing the dish. However, once she had tried it she was hooked on the flavour and texture.
Sea urchin custards in the Thermomix Varoma
Ingredients:
4 large sea urchins
2 Tbsp chervil leaves
1 golden shallot
600 ml cream
3 eggs
2 egg yolks
Salt and pepper
6 greased small ceramic dishes
Method:
Cut open the sea urchins, pointy nosed pliers inserted into the mouth and then opened is the easiest way. Reserve t...
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