Crudo of Big Eye Tuna, Pickled Onions, Asian Pear, Puffed Grains, Watermelon Radish, Water Cress, Jalapeno, Creme Fraiche, Black Sesame Seed, Wild Garlic Oil
"Crudo" is an Italian word meaning raw and usually pertains to any uncooked seafood preparation. Its counterpart in Japanese cuisine would be sashimi. And like the Japanese, I always prefer to eat certain fish raw rather than cooked. Tuna is the biggest example of this. I prefer tuna raw so much that I will never order it at a restaurant unless it is untouched by heat. To me all that cooking tuna does is ruin the outside of a beautiful piece of fish.
This is actually a really simple dish that warrants a really simple paragraph or two only. The only thing that took any effort was puffing the rice and barley which was achieved by tossing the grains into a pan of smoking hot grape seed oil. They were then strained on paper towels and seasoned with togarashi. The onion petals were hot pickled in vinegar, sugar, salt and water. The pear was cold pickled in rice wine vinegar, sugar, salt, water and citric acid.
The radish and jalapeno were simply sliced and served raw. The water cress was arranged around the plate with sea salt and black sesame seeds were sprinkled over everything. A few drops of wild garlic oil finished off the dish.
This is actually a really simple dish that warrants a really simple paragraph or two only. The only thing that took any effort was puffing the rice and barley which was achieved by tossing the grains into a pan of smoking hot grape seed oil. They were then strained on paper towels and seasoned with togarashi. The onion petals were hot pickled in vinegar, sugar, salt and water. The pear was cold pickled in rice wine vinegar, sugar, salt, water and citric acid.
The radish and jalapeno were simply sliced and served raw. The water cress was arranged around the plate with sea salt and black sesame seeds were sprinkled over everything. A few drops of wild garlic oil finished off the dish.