Method
Pickled Cucumber
In a small saucepan, combine white wine vinegar, water, sugar, and salt. Bring to a gentle boil and simmer for 3 minutes. Pour the hot mixture over the diced cucumber and allow it to pickle for at least 12 hours to enhance the flavour.
Citrus Dressing
In a small pot, gently heat and add orange juice, lime juice, lemon juice, peppercorn, coriander, and apple cider vinegar until reduced by half. Strain the liquid into a blender, add apple juice, and slowly blend in olive oil in stages until emulsified. Once blended, stir in lime zest.
Serve
Dice fresh blue eye in 1cm x 1cm cubes, and combine with diced pickled cucumber, chives, and red chilli. Pour citrus dressing through and lightly toss until ingredients are all evenly combined. Garnish with a pinch of salt and pepper to taste.
Ingredients
Tartare & Citrus Dressing
500g Blue Eye Trevalla Fillets
40ml Orange Juice, freshly squeezed
40ml Lemon Juice, freshly squeezed
25ml Lime Juice, freshly squeezed
2 Coriander Seeds
2 Black Peppercorn
1 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
1 tbsp Apple Juice
150ml Olive Oil
1 Chives Bunch, finely chopped
1 Red Chilli, finely chopped
1/2 a Lime Zest
Salt
Pepper
Pickled Cucumber
(let sit for 12 hours for best results)
Lebanese cucumber, diced
250ml White Wine Vinegar
250ml Water
50g Sugar
5g Salt