▲Marinated pearl meat
Preparation time: 15 mins
Cooking time: nil
Serves 4
250g pearl meat
2 tsp peeled, finely diced
ginger
1½ limes
1–2 green chillies, finely
sliced, roughly chopped
2 green shallots, white
part only, finely chopped
3 kaffir lime leaves, finely
shredded
1 Tbsp mirin (Japanese
sweet rice wine)
½ tsp sesame oil
Sea-salt flakes and freshly
ground black pepper,
to season
2 tsp sesame seeds,
toasted
6 sprigs coriander,
leaves picked
Extra virgin olive oil,
to drizzle1 Using a sharp knife,slice
pearl meat very finely on
an angle. Lay on a large
plateinasinglelayer.
Scatter over ginger.
2 Peel and segment1 lime,
reserving the segmented
lime remains. Cut eachsegment into 3 pieces.
Scatter segments over the
top of pearl meat and
squeeze over the juice left
in the reserved segmented
lime remains, along with
juice of remaining lime half.
3 Scatter over chilli,
shallots and lime leaves.
Drizzle over mirin and
sesame oil, then season.
Gently toss to combine.
4 Divide pearl meat
among 4 entree-sized
plates. Scatter with sesame
seeds and coriander and
serve drizzled with extra
virgin olive oil.Marinated pearl meat
This gorgeous starter is balanced
with zingy ginger, a hum of chilli and
earthy flavours of fresh coriander.
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Preparation time: 20 mins, plus
4 hours chilling
Cooking time: 35 mins
Makes 24230ml milk
14g dried yeast
40g light muscovado
(unrefined) sugar
200g unsalted butter,
chopped, softened
4 extra large eggs
500g plain flour
¼ tsp sea-salt flakes
Vegetable oil, for deep-frying
and greasingGLAZE
1 punnet blackberries
¼cup water
2 cups pure icing sugar1 To make doughnuts,heat milk
in a small saucepan over a low
heat until warm. Remove from
heat, stir in yeast and
½ the sugar. Set aside for
10 minutes or until frothy.
2 Put butterand remaining sugar
in the bowl of an electric mixer
and whisk on high until light and
creamy. Add eggs one at a time,
beating well after each addition.
Add milk mixture and beat until
well combined.
3 Add flour and saltand beat on
high using paddle attachment for
7 minutes or until smooth.
Transfer to a large container,
cover and refrigerate overnight.
4 When ready to cook,put
enough oil in a large saucepan to
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