This dish takes advantage of mushrooms pairing very well with Asian flavours. The meaty texture of the king oyster mushrooms gives the dish a lot of body. This dish is very high in umami and acidic flavours and would be well suited as a starter on a fine dining or vegan menu.
Preparation:
Cooking: 30 minutes ( prep & cooking time)
Serves: 2
King oyster & plating
Ingredients
- 3 king oyster mushrooms, slice lengthways and scored
- 2 king oyster mushrooms, sliced into scallops shapes and scored
- 50g vegan butter
- Salt
Method
Fry off the mushrooms in the butter in a frying pan on the scored side down, flip over and cook through.
Place the breadcrumbs on the bottom of the plate, pak choi at the side of the breadcrumbs.
Lay the mushrooms on top of the breadcrumbs, dot the soy gel around.
Garnish with the crispy kale and some sliced spring onions.
Spoon over some of the soy emulsion and serve
Soy gel
Ingredients
- 100ml soy sauce
- 100ml sweet soy sauce
- 75ml apple balsamic vinegar
- 25ml yuzu juice
- 200ml water
- 5g agar agar
Method
Combine all liquids in a saucepan and bring to the boil.
Add agar agar, whisk thoroughly and boil for 3 minutes.
Pour into a container and set in the fridge until solid.
Blend in a liquidiser, pass through a fine mesh chinois and put in a squeezy bottle
Crispy kale
Ingredients
- 50g black curly kale
- 1 sheet of roasted nori
- 2g salt
Method
Blend the nori and salt into a powder.
Pick the curly kale down into small pieces and deep fry on 190 degrees until crispy, drain on jay cloth and dust with the nori salt
Pak choi
Ingredients
- 1 head of pak choi, finely sliced
- 20ml soy sauce
- 30g vegan butter
- 10ml water
Method
Combine the soy and water in a saucepan, bring to the boil and reduce by ¼, whisk in the cold vegan butter until emulsified, add the pak choi and cookout for 1 min
Sesame breadcrumbs
Ingredients
- 50g panko breadcrumbs
- 10g white sesame seeds
- 20g vegan butter
Method
Fry off the breadcrumbs and sesame in the vegan butter until golden brown, season to taste, set aside to cool
