Ingredients

  • 1 ounce dried country bread, cut into 1-inch dice
  • 5 cherry tomatoes sliced in half
  • 1 ounce black olives, sliced
  • 1/2 cucumber, cut into 1-inch dice
  • 1/2 red onion, shaved julienned
  • Olive oil
  • Rice wine vinegar
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 quarts kelp stock (water and dried kelp)
  • 4 slices of Saga Wagyu, sliced 3/4 inch
  • salt to taste
  • (Setting bath)
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 .5 grams calcium chloride
  • 2 cups water
  • 35 grams basil leaves
  • 4 grams sodium alginate

Method

  • For the salad, combine bread and vegetables.
  • Drizzle with olive oil and vinegar to taste.
  • Season with salt and pepper.
  • Keep cold until ready for use.
  • Keep one quart kelp stock at 160 degrees F. Chill the other quart.
  • Gently dip a slice of wagyu beef into the warm broth until cooked medium rare.
  • Remove and place into the chilled broth.
  • 110 grams sugar
  • In a blender, combine water and calcium chloride and blend for 20 seconds.
  • Reserve in a bowl.
  • In a sauce pot, combine sugar and water, bring to a boil.
  • Remove from hear and add basil.
  • Puree for 1 minute until bright green and then add sodium alginate.
  • Strain this liquid and add to the caviar tray and dispense into calcium bath.
  • Remove the caviar once they form and rinse in clean water.
  • Place panzanella salad in a bowl, top with chilled wagyu slice and basil caviar.