This is a sublime dish from Alan Murchison which is overtly inspired by the fineries of Thai cuisine. Galangal is a root vegetable from the ginger family which is used in this bream recipe to infuse the broth poured over the sea bream fillets. Lemon grass, ginger and lime leaves add further flavour to the broth in this remarkable seafood recipe
Method
1.
To make the broth, fill a medium sized saucepan with the water and set aside on the stove
2.
Remove the first layer off the lemon grass and slice finely on a diagonal. Peel the ginger and galangal and cut both in half lengthways. Proceed to slice finely on a diagonal, put aside with the lemon grass
3.
Crush the lime leaves in the palm of your hands and combine with all of the other aromatics in the saucepan
4.
Bring to the boil and turn off, leaving to infuse for 1 hour. Strain and lightly season with salt. Set aside for reheating
5.
While the broth is infusing, prepare the pak choi by washing the pak choi and cutting into quarters, lengthways
6.
Place the oils in a hot wok and add the pak choi, toss gently for 1 minute, until the green of the pak choi has wilted
7.
For the bream, place a pan on a medium heat and drop in some olive oil. Place the fish in the pan skin side down and cook for 2 minutes or until the skin is golden. Be sure to gently press the fish down with a spatula to ensure even cooking. Turn the fish over and the heat off, season with the lemon juice and salt
8.
To serve, bring the broth to the boil again and pour into large teapot or four smaller ones. Place the pak choi in the bottom of each plate. Place the fish on top. Dress the top of the fish with the slices of spring onion and the mushrooms. Finish by pouring the broth over the dish
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