#Recipe
Stuffed Tuna Pearl | Ossetra Caviar | Oyster | Tagetes
Discover the dish that earned Franz-Josef Unterlechner (Schwarzreiter, Munich, Germany) the title of Chef Balfegó 2025: A creation of flawless technique and delicate aesthetics, where every element is balanced to deliver a complete culinary experience.
Elaboration
Bluefin Tuna Pearl
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Cut the tuna into rectangular pieces of 20 g.
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Place them between two sheets of aluminum foil and gently flatten.
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Fill each piece with 10 g of Ossetra caviar and form a compact sphere.
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Freeze briefly in a blast freezer.
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Boil the kappa with water and let it cool slightly.
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Dip each tuna sphere twice to create the gelatinized layer.
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Thaw gently in the fridge.
Tuna Flower
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Cut the remaining tuna into five equal pieces to form the petals.
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Lightly marinate with sea salt and lime-infused olive oil.
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Let rest until plating.
Oysters and Tartare
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Poach the oysters at 68°C for 8 minutes.
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Remove the shells and reserve the filtered oyster water.
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Cut the oysters into small segments.
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Dice fennel and green apple finely (brunoise).
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Add julienned basil and lime.
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Season with lime-infused olive oil, fresh lime juice, zest, and sea salt.
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Mix gently to create a fresh, aromatic tartare.
Green Sauce with Apple, Oyster, and Calendula
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Blend the green apple and celery.
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Incorporate the calendula flowers.
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Add oyster water, lime juice, green Tabasco, and champagne vinegar.
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Strain very finely.
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Lightly emulsify with basil and tarragon using an immersion blender.
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Season and thicken with a pinch of xanthan gum until achieving a fluid, glossy texture.
Wild Celery Mayonnaise
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Blend lovage and parsley cress with rapeseed oil at 80°C for 10 minutes.
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Strain over ice and let rest overnight.
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Emulsify the yolk with the flavored green oil.
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Adjust seasoning with salt and champagne vinegar.
Crispy Kombu
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Cut the kombu into thin julienne strips.
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Fry at 140°C until crispy.
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Drain and form small nests.
Plating
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Arrange the five marinated tuna segments in the center of the plate to form a flower.
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Line the interior with oyster leaves.
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Fill the gaps with the oyster, apple, and fennel tartare.
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Place seven dots of wild celery mayonnaise over the tartare.
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Add a crispy kombu nest in the center.
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Place the tuna pearl with caviar on top.
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Decorate the tartare with parsley shoots and alder flowers.
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Surround the plate with the green sauce to complete the composition.
Ingredients
Bluefin Tuna Pearl
- 600 g Balfegó tuna loin
- 100 g Ossetra caviar
- 7 g kappa
- 500 ml water
- 10 g acidified kombu
- 20 oyster leaves
- 10 Irish Moir oysters
- 50 g fennel
- 100 g green apple
- 40 g finger lime
- 2 tbsp chopped basil
- Lime-infused olive oil
- Sea salt
Green Sauce with Apple, Oyster and Calendula
- 500 g green apple
- 500 g celery
- 250 ml oyster water
- 200 g lime juice
- 50 ml champagne vinegar
- 50 ml green Tabasco
- 80 g Mexican calendula
- 1 bunch tarragon
- 1 bunch basil
- 100 ml lemon olive oil
- Xanthan gum
- Sea salt
Wild Celery Mayonnaise
- 100 g lovage
- 10 g parsley cress
- 80 ml rapeseed oil
- 1 egg yolk
- Champagne vinegar
- Sea salt
Plating
- Kombu julienne
- Alder flowers
- Parsley shoots
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