Venison consommé with shark-fin pouch

A group of French gastronomes visiting Australia expressed their satisfaction with this dish generously and noisily. They understood instinctively that it was a juxtaposition, a Yin-Yang dish offering the heat of game and ginger, with the coolness of the shark’s fin in a single surprising bite. It could almost be a metaphor for this land itself: hot, Yang—red centre, earth and marsupial pouch; cool, Yin— an endless coastline, sea and shark.

A rich consommé of venison with sherry is