Tuna Sashimi Recipe
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott, adapted from Dan James of Signal Box
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 0 minutes
- 200g/7ozs tuna sashimi slices (ask the fishmonger to slice it)
- 3 makrut lime leaves
- 15g/0.5oz crispy shallots
- Small handful of fresh coriander leaves
- Sea salt
Namh Jim Dressing
- 30ml/1floz lime juice
- 15ml/0.5floz fish sauce
- 20g/1.4ozs palm sugar, shaved (Thai, not Malaysian) or regular caster/superfine sugar
- 2 tablespoons green shallots or chives, finely sliced
- 1-2 small red chillies (depending on how hot you like it)
Coconut Dressing
- 25ml/1floz coconut cream
- 10ml/0.3floz mirin
Step 1 - First make the nahm jim so that the sugar has time to dissolve. Mix the lime juice, fish sauce, finely shaved palm sugar, green shallots/chives and red chilli together. You can make this 1-2 day ahead of time and keep it in the fridge.
Step 2 - Mix the coconut cream and mirin together in a small bowl.
Step 3 - Lay out the tuna sashimi slices on a plate and drizzle the coconut sauce on top. Then top with the nahm jim. Take a pair of scissors and fold over the lime leaf so that it is double the thickness and cut it very thinly - don't use the spine of the leaf. Sprinkle on top of the fish. Add coriander leaves and season generously with sea salt (don't forget this, it won't sing with flavour without it) and then finish with crispy shallots and serve.
What did you do on your Easter long weekend (which feels like so long ago now)? On Good Friday we went mushroom foraging as the slightly cooler weather signals saffron milk cap mushroom season and finished with this tuna sashimi for dinner that took less than 10 minutes to put together. On Saturday we went out for lunch with Monica in Barangaroo and we had friends over on Easter Monday for pizza. In between this time I spent the rest of the time reading a book.
It has been so long since I've read a book from cover to cover and it felt like a total luxury. Most weekends are spent doing things that you didn't have time to do during the week and having these 4 days was so lovely.
So tell me Dear Reader, what did you do over the long weekend? Do you put aside time for reading? Please give me your fiction or non fiction book recommendations!