Mackerel fillets, butternut squash cream, vanilla beurre blanc

To cook like a chef, here is the list of ingredients for 4 people and the recipe to follow step by step!

Joël Simon, director of Nova Villa and organizer of Méli’Môme, cooks for a day alongside chef Maxime de Luca © Radio France
© Aurelien Martinez

Ingredients

– 4 mackerel fillets

– 1 butternut squash

– 2 dl of 35% liquid cream

– 1 lemon

– 1 shallot

– 1 onion

– 1 dl of white wine

– 1 vanilla pod

– butter

– milk

– salt and pepper

– smoked olive oil

– mesclun salad

– olive oil

Preperation

Clean and lift the mackerel fillets then fry for a few minutes in a pan with olive oil, and season.

Wash and cut the butternut into pieces. Sweat an onion and add the butternut. Moisten to height with half water and milk.

Cook for 30 minutes, until the tip of a knife can go inside. Filter, blend and season with a dash of smoked oil.

Make a white butter sauce: chop a shallot, sweat it in butter and drizzle with white wine. Add the split vanilla pod. Reduce until almost dry, cream and whisk in butter.

Dressage

Place a comma of butternut cream, the mackerel fillets on top and the seasoned mesclun salad. Add the vanilla butter sauce all around.

All you have to do is enjoy!


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