Tuna and Mackerel Salad with Mooli, Lime, Vanilla and Cucumber

Name: Tuna and Mackerel Salad with Mooli, Lime, Vanilla and Cucumber
Yield: Serves 4–6 as a starter
Ingredients: ¼ mooli (Japanese white radish), peeled; ¼ mooli (Japanese white radish), peeled; 1 mackerel, about 300 g, filleted and skinned; 600 g centre-cut sashimi-grade tuna (from the thick end); pickled ginger slices; cress or micro leaves; 1½ tsp chopped garlic; candled lime zest; juice of 2 limes; 1½ tsp chopped fresh root ginger; 90 ml dark soy sauce; 125 ml sesame oil; 180 g caster sugar; 6 limes; 1 large cucumber; 2 vanilla pods, split and seeds scraped; 250 g caster sugar; juice of 4 limes; edible flowers (optional); cress or micro leaves

Preparation info

Serves
4–6
as a starter

Difficulty
Complex

Appears in

Maze

By Jason Atherton

Published 2008

About

Ingredients

1 mackerel, about 300 g, filleted and skinned
600 g centre-cut sashimi-grade tuna

Dinner
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Check the mackerel fillets for pin bones, removing any you find with tweezers. Put the two mackerel fillets together, boned sides touching and in opposite directions (ie head end next to tail end) and place on a double layer of cling film. Wrap tightly in the cling film and roll on the work surface, holding both ends of the cling film, to get a neat log. Freeze for 1–2 hours until just firm. Th