Company specializing in Lempine Fishing, Cap Bourbon launched a novelty that looks like a rare pearl at the end of the year : A range of whipped eggs, The first of its kind. A rare and refined dish, Ideal to accompany holiday meals.
Lessing eggs, A Terra Incognito Culinary ? In any case, The chef of Le Sahaa restaurant in Saint Paul, Emmanuel Michau, was the first to have cooked this rare product. Solicited by Cap Bourbon, He presented several recipes using these eggs, as well as the possibilities of food-vin agreements offered by this oceanic product of great finesse, exclusively sold in Reunion. Lessing eggs are the fruit of a fortuitous fishing, in limited quantity all the more since lesin fishing is itself subject to strict regulations. Born in the icy waters of French southern and antarctic lands, The Lessins are taken from an ultra selective and highly framed method. This allows a best quality adult lean fishing, and occasionally grained females of "southern seas" pearls ", as are called their eggs. "So far, These eggs were not necessarily valued when the Less was treated aboard our palanoons, Explain Tugdual Poirier, CAP Bourbon operating director. two years ago, chatting with sailors, We realized that it would be interesting to develop, since we have the Océane Productions processing workshop at the port. With chef Emmanuel Michau, We realized that the product was culinaryly very interesting. »
Confidential distribution reserved for the island
Reunionese are the first to discover this oceanic product. Currently, Less eggs are distributed exclusively in a selective network of wine merchants and fine grocery stores on the island. Only a few hundred pots, 80 grams, were distributed. The quantities put up for sale depend on the importance of the grained female leaning. It will therefore be necessary to do it in advance to have the chance to taste the "pearls of the southern seas".
Less fishing
The southern lens is a fish that can measure two meters and weigh 80 kg. It is in exclusive economic areas (ZEE) de Crozet and Kerguelen, three miles kilometers from the meeting, that his fishing is practiced. A selective palangere fishing which requires a fishing authorization. It leads the crews in extreme weather conditions, In the heart of the roaring forties, In the middle of winds of up to 200 km/h. The ships make three to four campaigns per year, of a duration each of two to three months. The craze for the white and oily flesh of the injuries dates from the 90s. The American and Japanese markets were the first to be interested in it. Highly, The Less is today the third sector of export of Reunion.
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