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2005 NZ Chef of the Year Recipe

[Developed by 2005 New Zealand Chef of the Year, Marc Soper)

Pancetta and brioche stuffed veal loin, porcini mash, confit of fresh oyster mushroom, baby vegetables, apple brandy jus topped with Sproutman sweet salad greens.

Serves 4

Veal

Ingredients

2 Veal loins
Salt & cracked pepper
Oil

Method

Trim, make an incision and fill with stuffing. Roll up; roll in tinfoil ready to cook. To cook, fry both sides in hot pan 3 minutes, oven 8-10 minutes. Unwrap and slice when required.

Stuffing

60g Pancetta
¼ Brioche loaf, crumbed
3 Tbsp parsley, chopped
¼ white onion
2 cloves garlic
100ml duck fat
Salt & pepper

Method

Chop garlic and onion, sauté in fat, add pancetta. Cook till soft. Add brioche crumb and mix in. Add parley and season.

Porcini Mash

Ingredients

2 Potatoes, medium
2 Tbsp Porcini powder
Salt & cracked pepper
Butter
Cream

Method

Peel and boil potatoes, drain and mash. Add butter, cream and seasoning to make fluffy. Keep in pipe bag.

Jus

Ingredients

300ml Beef stock
75g Sproutman Baby Carrots, chopped
1 onion, chopped
30ml apple syrup
30ml brandy
50ml cream
Salt & pepper
50ml Red wine

Method

Brown onion and carrots, add apple syrup and deglaze with wine. Add stock, boil and reduce. Add brandy and cream, reduce, season to taste.

Confit Mushrooms

Ingredients

120g fresh Oyster mushrooms
Salt & pepper
Duck fat
Thyme, chopped

Method

Place all in a pan and put in oven. Cook till mushrooms start to dry around the edges.

Roast Baby Tomatoes

Ingredients

16 baby tomatoes
Salt & pepper
Duck fat

Method

Put all in pan, place in oven and cook until soft.

Baby Vegetables

Ingredients

50g broad beans, cut in half out of skin
100g Sproutman baby carrots, cut lengthways in half
50g Sproutman baby spinach, wilted
1 Tbsp Chervil, chopped
30ml Oil
Salt & pepper

Method

Blanch each vegetable, season, toss in oil with chervil and keep warm.

Salad

Ingredients

Sproutman snow peas shoots, just the whites
Sproutman sango sprouts
Sproutman baby mesculin salad
Salt & pepper
Sproutman balsamic dressing

Method

Mix up all together, season and dress.

To Serve

In mould pipe potato, top with a tomato and place three to the side in a row. Slice veal and arrange in front. Place mushrooms to left, just behind veal and beside potato. Spoon baby vegetables between veal and tomatoes and drizzle jus around starting from the front of the veal, three spoonfuls of jus, the last one being dragged around the plate. Garnish with seasoned and dressed sweet greens on top of the dish.

 

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