Recipes – Three Friends Abalone

Ingredients

• 1 x 425 gm can of Three Friends natural farmed abalone, each halved into 2 thin medallion fillets
• 160g fresh breadcrumbs, (can use gf)
• 1/3 cup (40g) finely grated parmesan, or dairy free alternative
• Finely grated zest of 1 lemon, plus wedges to serve
• 1/4 cup finely chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup (125ml) milk, or dairy free alternative such as coconut
• Plain flour, to dust (can use gluten free)
• Olive oil, to shallow fry
• 4 x abalone (reserve juice and chill)
• *20 gr sea grapes (soak in 80 ml of abalone brine to bloom)
• 10 fresh red grapes (sliced)
• 1 x continental cucumber (peeled and diced)
• *Note: you can substitute sea grapes with washed and rinsed baby capers (to remove a little saltiness) and then soaked in the abalone liquid
• Sansho powder to season (can substitute with ground Sechuan pepper)
• 1 Tbs mirin
• 3 Tbs rice vinegar
• 4 Tbs light flavoured oil (grapeseed)