recipe

Nettle ravioli with bisque of mitten crab and wild garlic oil

The *fish* Knows Everything By Helge Hagemann hamburg

Bisque

1kg of mitten crab
100g onion
50g carrot
50g celery
50g fennel
50g leek
1 bulb garlic
5 sprigs lemon thyme
bay leaf, pepper
1 tbsp tomato paste
cayenne
50ml cognac
500ml fish stock
butter

  • Blanch the mitten crabs briefly in boiling water, cut in half and fry well with the vegetables in a wide pan
  • Add the tomato purée and spices
  • Deglaze with cognac and flambé
  • Add the fish stock and simmer gently for about 1 hour
  • pass through a fine sieve
  • bring to the boil and thicken with butter, season with salt to taste

Nettle ravioli

For the pasta dough

100g Semolina
50g wheat flour
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp salt
60ml water

  • Knead all the ingredients by hand to form a smooth dough and chill for at least an hour

For the filling

200g nettles
1shallot
1 clove of garlic
20g butter
1 tbsp ricotta
salt, pepper

  • Finely dice shallots and garlic, sauté in butter, add nettles, season with ricotta, salt and pepper
  • Roll out the dough thinly, cut in half, brush one side with water, place the filling on top, place the second side of dough on top and shape into ravioli

Wild garlic oil

100g wild garlic
50g oil
salt, pepper

  • Heat the vegetable oil with the wild garlic to approx. 50°C and puree finely, pass the oil through a fine sieve

Other ingredients

Pickled wild garlic buds