Uni Bisque with Crab Salad (Ming Tsai)

Prep Time: 25 Minutes

Cook Time: 30 Minutes

Ready In: 55 Minutes

Servings: 2

Ingredients:

butter, to cook

4 shallots minced

1/2 tablespoon minced ginger

1/2 cup sake

3 cups dashi or chicken stock

1 cup cream

1 cup uni

2 tablespoon chopped chives

crab salad, recipe follows

1 cup dungeness crab

1 lemon, juiced

1 tablespoon honey

1/2 tablespoon chopped chives

3 splashes hot pepper sauce

1/2 cup brunoised celery or fennel

salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Directions:

1. Saute shallots and ginger. Deglaze with sake. Add dashi and cream. Reduce by 20 per cent. Add uni and blend. Season. Serve with Crab Salad on the side.
2. Crab Salad:
3. Mix all and taste.
4. Serve in hollowed out uni shells nestled in a salt pile. Garnish with chives.

By RecipeOfHealth.com