With summer arriving in Copenhagen, we asked chef Kenneth to fire up the grill and show us how he uses Sea Buckthorn Hot Sauce. He first folds it into a bright salsa to accompany a grilled seabass, then serves everything on warm flatbread straight from the grill.
Ingredients
Salsa
- 30ml Sea Buckthorn Hot Sauce
- 1 tomato
- 1 cucumber
- 1 tomatillo
- 1 green bell pepper
- ½ white onion
- Juice of 1 lemon, or to taste
- Salt, to taste
Sea Bass
- 1 whole sea bass, butterflied
- Olive oil
- Lemon juice
- Salt
Flatbread
- 200 g all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 120 ml warm water
- 1 tbsp olive oil, plus more for brushing
Method
- Cut the tomato, onion, tomatillo, cucumber and pepper finely (brunoise).
- Add the lemon juice, Sea Buckthorn Hot Sauce, and a pinch of salt. Mix well, then taste and adjust with more lemon, hot sauce, or salt as needed.
- Let the salsa sit while you prepare the rest of the dish.
- Pat the butterflied sea bass dry, then rub it generously with olive oil and season with salt and a squeeze of lemon juice.
- Add the flour and salt to a bowl. Pour in the warm water and olive oil, then mix until a shaggy dough forms.
- Knead the dough for a few minutes until smooth, then cover and let it rest for 20–30 minutes.
- Divide the dough into small balls, then roll each one into a thin round.
- Heat the grill to medium-high. Place the sea bass skin-side down and grill until the skin is crisp and the flesh is mostly opaque, about 5–7 minutes depending on the size of the fish.
- Carefully flip the fish and grill the flesh side for another 1–2 minutes, just until lightly charred and cooked through. Transfer to a platter and finish with another squeeze of lemon.
- Grill the flatbreads for 1–2 minutes on each side, until puffed in spots and lightly charred. Brush with a little olive oil while warm.
- To serve, tear pieces of grilled sea bass onto a warm flatbread and spoon the Sea Buckthorn salsa on top.
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