Ingredients for the chasselas sauce
- 90 g chopped shallots
- 90 g button mushrooms
- 30 g lovage
- 400 ml Chasselas wine
- 200 ml vegetable stock
- 400 ml full cream
- Dash of lemon juice
- Dash of Chasselas wine
To prepare the chasselas sauce
In a pan with a drizzle of olive oil, sweat the shallots and the button mushrooms, then add the lovage. Season with salt and a pinch of coarsely ground mixed peppercorns. Pour in the Chasselas wine, reduce by half then add the vegetable stock. Reduce again by half, then add the cream. Simmer for 10 minutes. Strain the sauce through a sieve. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add a dash of lemon juice and Chasselas wine to bring out the flavours.
Ingredients for the fennel purée
- 3 large fennel
- Dash of vegetable stock
- Dash of pastis
- Dash of lemon juice
To prepare the fennel purée
Finely dice the fennel, retaining the cores for the garnish. Cook them submerged in the vegetable stock for 20 minutes. Strain through a sieve, then blend. Gradually add the cooking liquid if necessary. Press through a cloth to remove the water. Season with salt, pepper, lemon juice and a dash of pastis. Set aside in a piping bag.
Ingredients for the garnish
- 4 mini fennel
- 1 shallot
- Dill
To prepare the garnish
Chop the fennel cores into 0.5 cm cubes. Cook them in boiling salted water for 2 minutes, then plunge into ice-cold water. Separate the stalks from the bulbs of the mini fennel. Slice the entire bulbs into small pieces. Slice the stalks into circles 0.5 cm long, blanch in boiling salted water, then plunge into ice-cold water. Finely chop the shallot. Set aside some little sprigs of dill.
Seasonings
- Salt, pepper
- Olive oil
- Chasselas wine
- Fleur de sel
- Coarsely ground mixed peppercorns
Ingredients for the serving
- 32 perch fillets
To serve
On a round plate, neatly arrange the fennel cubes and a spoonful of chopped shallot, then add 8 perch fillets, with the pointed ends towards the centre. Finish with a drizzle of white wine and olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Cook in the oven in Hot air mode at 180 °C for 3 minutes.
Presentation
Pipe 3 dots of fennel purée onto each perch. Top with the pieces of raw fennel and circles of mini fennel stalks. Finish with sprigs of dill. Season with fleur de sel and coarsely ground mixed peppercorns. Pour over the warm, emulsified Chasselas sauce, serve immediately.