Herb-Crusted Stingray

Name: Herb-Crusted Stingray
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 4 medium stingray wings, boned and skinned.; Coarse salt, to taste.; Freshly-ground black pepper, to taste.; 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard.; 2 cups breadcrumbs.; ½ bunch fresh parsley, roughly chopped.; ¼ bunch fresh chives, cut into ¼-inch pieces.; 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil.; 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, cut into small pieces.; ½ bunch fresh parsley.; ½ bunch fresh watercress.; ½ bunch fresh tarragon.; Juice of 1 lemon.

SpotX Wild Foods Recipe from Mark Bull
Prep:15 minutes Cook:5 minutes Difficulty:1

Ingrediants:

4 medium stingray wings, boned and skinned.
Coarse salt, to taste.
Freshly-ground black pepper, to taste.
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard.
2 cups breadcrumbs.
½ bunch fresh parsley, roughly chopped.
¼ bunch fresh chives, cut into ¼-inch pieces.
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil.
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, cut into small pieces.
½ bunch fresh parsley.
½ bunch fresh watercress.
½ bunch fresh tarragon.

Directions:

Season stingray with salt and pepper.
Lightly brush both sides with mustard.
In a medium bowl, combine breadcrumbs, chopped parsley, and chives.
Coat stingray with mixture.
Heat oil and butter in a large frying pan until shimmering.
Add stingray and cook until golden brown, 2-2 ½ minutes a side.
In a small bowl, combine watercress, tarragon, and whole parsley leaves.
Drizzle with lemon juice.
Season with salt, and set herb mixture aside.
Spoon mashed potatoes into centre of each plate.
Top with a stingray wing and garnish with herb mixture.

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Stingray
The stingray has earned its bad reputation from the sharp and often poisonous sting on its tail. But in thousands of underwater encounters, the animal has never threatened me. Here in New Zealand we know three species of stingray: the short-tailed ray, the long-tailed ray and the eagle ray. Stingrays have a unique body design, as they fly through the water rather like birds in the sky. Rays are cartilaginous fishes like sharks and do not have swim bladders to adjust their buoyancy. As a result their archenemy, the orca, doesn’t find it easy to locate them using sonar. Furthermore, rays are adept at burrowing into the sand, with only a casual flick of their wings.
Even though they have bad eyesight, stingrays are reasonably intelligent and grow quite old. The short-tailed ray holds the size record, with individuals recorded weighing over 500kg and wingspans of 3.5m. I’ve seen only one such monster and I had to back off before I realised what it was.