Corsica, France — rocky coastal waters; Porto-Vecchio, Bonifacio, and Calvi port areas; April–September season · Corsican Premium Seafood
Supremely sweet and delicate crustacean flesh, Olea europaea, wood smoke note, fennel anise at service. The most prized Corsican crustacean and the most expensive.
1. Over-marinating — masks the delicate sweet character. 2. Cooking shell-side down first — flesh becomes rubbery before the shell chars. 3. Overcooking — cigale de mer is done when flesh is just opaque, not white throughout. 4. Serving cold — ciglale de mer must be eaten immediately from the grill.
Scyllarides latus (slipper lobster, Atlantic-Mediterranean; wild-caught Corsican coastal waters); Olea europaea extra-vierge; Allium sativum; Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce (Finochju Salvaticu)
Supremely sweet and delicate crustacean flesh, Olea europaea, wood smoke note, fennel anise at service. The most prized Corsican crustacean and the most expensive.
1. Over-marinating — masks the delicate sweet character. 2. Cooking shell-side down first — flesh becomes rubbery before the shell chars. 3. Overcooking — cigale de mer is done when flesh is just opaque, not white throughout. 4. Serving cold — ciglale de mer must be eaten immediately from the grill.
Scyllarides latus (slipper lobster, Atlantic-Mediterranean; wild-caught Corsican coastal waters); Olea europaea extra-vierge; Allium sativum; Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce (Finochju Salvaticu)
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