Recipe for the most delicious sea bass tartare

Meet the fabulous Blendbrothers! Born and raised in Zeeland, brothers Hendrik and Kamiel Buysse effortlessly blend their love of super-original, simple preparations and the purest ingredients from the sea in their new cookbook Eat this Fish. The recipe for the most delicious sea bass tartare? Here it is.

How to make sea bass tartare with quark and basil

• Season the sea bass tartare with pepper, salt, olive oil, lemon juice and zest.
• Blend the basil, spinach and grapeseed oil in a blender for 2 minutes (4 minutes at 60 °C if using a Thermomix). Transfer to a saucepan and heat until it starts to separate. Strain through a cloth and keep chilled.
• Mix the quark with the dashi vinegar, tomato ketchup and tomato juice. Season with pepper and salt and add 4 tablespoons of the basil oil until you have a beautifully split vinaigrette.
• Arrange the tartare on a plate, finish with a few spoonfuls of the quark vinaigrette, a few basil leaves
  and rapeseed flowers.

Title: Eat this Fish
Author: Blendbrothers
Price: €25,99
Publisher: Lannoo

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