Simon graced our stage back in 2013 with a handful of mouthwatering dishes including both sweet and savoury.

Simon Rimmer’s Individual Banana Tarte Tatin

Serves 4

Ingredients

200g Ready Rolled Puff Pastry
12 to 15 Bananas
50ml Water
30ml Rum
100g Caster Sugar
25g Butter
Egg Wash
Cream to serve

Method

1. Put the water and rum in a heavy bottom pan, sprinkle over sugar. Heat until the sugar melts, don’t stir. Simmer till it turns golden brown. Careful not to burn it. Stir in the butter, then pour into 4 blini pans, or individual 12 cm tarte pans.
2. Pack full of 50mm pieces of banana, really pack the case.
3. Press the pastry all around and trim. Brush with egg wash then cook at 190c until the pastry is golden, for about 18 mins.
4. Turn out the tarts and serve with cream.

Simon Rimmer’s Halibut Wrapped in Bread on Cauliflower Puree

Serves 4

Ingredients

4 x 150g Halibut fillets (no bone)
12 Slices White Bread, crusts off
200g Clarified Butter
1 tbs Olive Oil

Puree Ingredients

Half Chopped Onion
250g Cauliflower Florets
75ml White Wine
200ml Cream
2tsp Curry Powder
1 tbls Capers

Method

1. Roll out the bread until really thin, wrap around the fish and brush with butter. Chill this for 30 mins to stiffen up.
2. Brush with more butter and fry for 3 mins each side, drain and serve on the puree
3. Puree – fry the onion until soft, add the cauliflower and cook for 7-8mins until soft. Add the curry powder.
4. Add the wine, and reduce the mixture by half.
5. Add the cream, cook 5 mins, then puree.
6. Season well, fold in capers and serve.

Simon Rimmer’s Beef Tetaki

Ingredients

500g Beef fillet
marinade – 30ml Veg Oil
75ml Soy Sauce
50ml Rice Vinegar
1 Finely Sliced Banana Shallot
2 tbls Soft Dark Brown Sugar
Zest of 1 lime
50mm Piece Ginger, Grated
2 Cloves Sliced Garlic

Salad Dressing  Ingredients

50ml Soy Sauce
50ml Rice Vinegar
1 tbls Soft Dark Brown Sugar
Juice & Zest 1 Lemon
1 Finely Chopped Chilli
Beansprouts
Watercress
Sliced Cucumber
Sliced Shallot
Pickled Ginger

Method

1. Oil the meat, season, then seal on all sides.
2. Meanwhile mix all the marinade ingredients together in a bowl. Add the meat to this, rub in the marinade, transfer all of it to a sealable plastic bag and chill for at least 2 hours.
3. Dressing – whisk all the ingredients together.
4. Arrange salad ingredients on plates, spoon over dressing.
5. When meat is cold, slice very thinly and arrange on the salad (lovely displayed
on a board or as a help yourself salad).