Ingredients
Salad:
1 ounce dried country bread, cut into 1-inch dice
5 cherry tomatoes sliced in half
1 ounce black olives, sliced
1/2 cucumber, cut into 1-inch dice
1/2 red onion, shaved julienned
Olive oil
Rice wine vinegar
Salt and pepper to taste
Preparation:
Poached Wagyu Slices:
2 quarts kelp stock (water and dried kelp)
4 slices of Saga Wagyu, sliced 3/4 inch
salt to taste
Preparation:
Basil Caviar:
(Setting bath)
2 cups water
2 .5 grams calcium chloride
35 grams basil leaves
4 grams sodium alginate
Directions
- Preparation:
- For the salad, combine bread and vegetables. Drizzle with olive oil and vinegar to taste. Season with salt and pepper.
- Keep cold until ready for use.
- Preparation:
- Keep one quart kelp stock at 160 degrees F. Chill the other quart.
- Gently dip a slice of wagyu beef into the warm broth until cooked medium rare. Remove and place into the chilled broth.
- Basil Caviar:
- 110 grams sugar
- Preparation:
- In a blender, combine water and calcium chloride and blend for 20 seconds. Reserve in a bowl.
- In a sauce pot, combine sugar and water, bring to a boil. Remove from hear and add basil. Puree for 1 minute until bright green and then add sodium alginate.
- Strain this liquid and add to the caviar tray and dispense into calcium bath. Remove the caviar once they form and rinse in clean water.
- Plating:
- Place panzanella salad in a bowl, top with chilled wagyu slice and basil caviar.