Seaweed Oil
- 30g Chives
- 30g Parsley
- 30g Dill
- 300g Grapeseed Oil
- 5g Maldon Salt
- 15g Nori seaweed

Mark Birchall
Seasonal dish current on our tasting menu
Mullet Sauce
Roast the mullet in the oven until golden brown. Put the roasted mullet, along with the rest of the ingredients into a large pan and simmer for 2 hours. After 2 hours pass of the stock and reduce.
Infusion
Toast the seeds in a pan. Add a small amount of butter. Add the noilly prat and reduce then the brandy and reduce. Add the tomato juice and mullet stock. Bring to a simmer then add the rest of the ingredients and infuse for 10 minutes.
To finish the sauce add butter to emulsify and verbena vinegar.
Dashi Stock
Steep for 30 minutes and pass
Dashi Gel
Combine, taste and set with ultratex.
Smoked Courgette Puree
Cut the green skin off the courgettes leaving about 5mm of white on with the skin. Slice up small. Then in a large pan add half a block of butter. Wait until the butter is hot then fry the courgette skin in the butter until soft.
Once cooked put in a cullender to drain off the butter. Then take a tea towel and drain off any moisture from the courgette. Blend until smooth. Pass and chill.
Once the puree is cold put in a tray and smoke for 5-10 minutes.
Shrimp Mousse
Blend dry ingredients together. Then add wet ingredients. Mussel stock at the end to get the right consistency.
Add blended nori to the mix. Cook at 60°c for 8 minutes.
Nasturtium flower butter sauce
Reduce everything apart from stock and roasted heads to half. Add the stock and heads and simmer for 45 minutes.
Finished sauce
Add everything apart from butter and flowers into pan and bring to boil. Once boiling take off the heat and mix in the butter then blend with flowers until smooth. Pass and season with salt.
To serve
Heat sauce and add freshly chopped nasturtium leaves.
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