So what is the ultimate sushi for a sushi lover like moi?
Sushi from Nobu? Mmm… no, overrated!
Sushi from a tiny Japanese restaurant hidden away in frantic New York. One that can only be found by fellow countrymen? Perhaps…
But above all the ultimate sushi for me is from a fish so fresh it hasn’t gone into “rigor mortis†yet. A fish caught by our own line. A fish I degutted myself.
So here is what you do…
You’re sailing along peacefully, wind is dropping and so is the boat speed. Sun is out, as everybody is enjoying an ice cold white wine and an oyster of course (we are still in Bretagne), why not get out a line?!
Next thing you know… ça mort! (They bite). Pull the line back in and there you have it a beautiful mackerel jumping around in the cockpit. Clean it (not for the squeamish!)
Just get out some soy sauce, some wasabi and a few chopsticks and there you have my ultimate sushi! That’s the best sushi ever maaan!
Or you can be a little more patient. In Japanese restaurant they serve mackerel or what they call ‘saba’, cured in salt and then washed with rice vinegar. Because they agree mackerel can only be eaten ultra fresh! If not cure it is the message.
I often marinate the fish for a couple of hours. The acidity of the marinade will not only cook the outside but also dissolve the smallest bones. The big bones will practically fall out. All you are left with are beautiful tasty virgin fish fillets.
Sushi from Nobu? Mmm… no, overrated!
Sushi from a tiny Japanese restaurant hidden away in frantic New York. One that can only be found by fellow countrymen? Perhaps…
But above all the ultimate sushi for me is from a fish so fresh it hasn’t gone into “rigor mortis†yet. A fish caught by our own line. A fish I degutted myself.
So here is what you do…
You’re sailing along peacefully, wind is dropping and so is the boat speed. Sun is out, as everybody is enjoying an ice cold white wine and an oyster of course (we are still in Bretagne), why not get out a line?!Next thing you know… ça mort! (They bite). Pull the line back in and there you have it a beautiful mackerel jumping around in the cockpit. Clean it (not for the squeamish!)
Just get out some soy sauce, some wasabi and a few chopsticks and there you have my ultimate sushi! That’s the best sushi ever maaan!
Or you can be a little more patient. In Japanese restaurant they serve mackerel or what they call ‘saba’, cured in salt and then washed with rice vinegar. Because they agree mackerel can only be eaten ultra fresh! If not cure it is the message.
I often marinate the fish for a couple of hours. The acidity of the marinade will not only cook the outside but also dissolve the smallest bones. The big bones will practically fall out. All you are left with are beautiful tasty virgin fish fillets.
Kwintes’ Marinade:
For 2 mackerels
1tablespoon of soy sauce
Juice and zest of 1 orange
Juice of 1 lemon
1 teaspoon of honey
1 small piece of freshly grated ginger
1 bunch of fresh coriander
Juice and zest of 1 orange
Juice of 1 lemon
1 teaspoon of honey
1 small piece of freshly grated ginger
1 bunch of fresh coriander
Mix all the ingredients for the marinade.
Take two fresh mackerels, degutted and without the head and the tail and put in the marinade.
Marinade for up to 6 hours.
After marinade peel off the skin and remove the back bone.
Slice into sashimi and serve with some soy sauce and wasabi.
Sounds great! Would probably also work with other very fresh fish.
I agree!!!! (Silently that is, as I have some sort of stupid infection on my vocal cords and am without voice for the 4th day in a row… so frustrating).
It’s hard to find good sushi here, and to get it as fresh like you do, waw….
enjoy the rest of your trip!!!
Say hi to the rest of the Annicq-clan; I’ll see Thom on Friday, hope I’ll have my voice back by then!
How do you cure the mackeral so it tastes just like the mackeral in the sushi bars. I tried the salt/rice vingear technique but it doesn’t taste the same – the outside dries out, but the inside doesn’t – and the skin is not edible like in a sushi bar. I was told there is a layer of skin on top of the silver -oily skin, but I can’t see it.
Please help.