Kinilaw is a method of preparing food using acids/sours to "cook" raw fish from the Philippines. It is similar to the Latin American dish, ceviche. As a kid, I grew up eating different types of kinilaw from the different regions of the Philippines.
My friend Glen taught me his take on his Kinilaw dish with a modern twist.
Take all 8 medium tomatoes and slice them in half
Place halved tomatoes onto a baking tray (I used my deep tray with a wired rack attached)
Set oven to BROIL - once it reaches 500 degrees - place in oven and broil for 10 minutes
Remove tomatoes from oven and let them cool down to the point that they are easy to handle
Once the tomatoes are cool to touch, remove the skin of the tomatoes
Place the tomatoes, lemon juice, ancho chiles, sriracha & a pinch of salt into a food processor or blender and blend until you reach a smoothie consistency
Use a strainer to separate the juice into a bowl.
Take the tomato juice and place into a tray that you can freeze
Freeze the mixture overnight
Squeeze out the juice from the citrus fruits (grapefruit, lime, orange
lemon)
Add grated ginger, shallots & a pinch of salt to the juice
and set aside
Thinly slice the fish using a one stroke motion - you don't want to cut back and forth or else you will ruing the fish.
Mix the fish & the juice mix together
Let the fish sit in the juice for 5 minutes
You don't want to let the fish sit in the marinade for too long or else it will become too tough.
Cut all the garnishes
Shave the Tomato Ice using the ice machine or if you don't have one readily available, just do it the old fashioned way and use a fork to shave the ice.
Style the plates by placing the garnishes and ice however you want - make it pretty! Why not right?Transfer the fish and juice mix to the plates and serve immediately!