French 75 & Sea Bass Tacos with Avocado, Coriander & Tomato Salsa

Sips and Nibbles is all about celebrating climate-conscious cocktails and locally inspired recipes. This chapter features the Sapling 75, a cocktail made with climate-positive gin and English sparkling wine, paired with wild sea bass tacos topped with fresh avocado and tomato salsa. Together, they highlight the best of sustainable  spirits and responsibly sourced seafood, proving that eco-friendly dining can be both delicious and sophisticated.

Sapling 75

30ml Sapling Climate Positive Gin
15ml Fresh Lemon Juice
15ml Sugar Syrup
English Sparkling Wine 
Ice
Garnish with a lemon twist

Fill your shaker with ice, measure the Sapling Gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup into the shaker. Give it a good shake until the liquid is chilled. 
Strain the liquid into a flute glass, top with English sparkling wine.
To garnish make lemon twist with the lemon peel.

Sea Bass Tacos with Avocado, Coriander & Tomato Salsa

Ingredients
Large wild Sea Bass fillet
2 limes
8 fresh soft tacos
1 large ripe avocado
A bunch of coriander
Olive oil
 
For the tomato salsa
500g mixed quality tomatoes
1 small red onion
1 or 2 red chillies (depending on heat)
1 lemon
 
Ask your fishmonger to remove the sea bass skin for you. If not, don't worry. Start by finely slicing the sea bass. Lay all the slices on a plate and then season with salt and squeeze over the juice of 2 limes. Leave to cure while you make the salsa.
 
Finely chop the red onion, place in a bowl and squeeze over the juice of half a lemon. Leave to cure while you roughly chop the tomatoes and chilli. Pour those into the bowl, season with salt, mix well and finish with some roughly chopped coriander. Have a taste to adjust the seasoning, it should be sweet and tangy.
 
Finally split the avocado, slice and place in a bowl. Season with salt, olive oil and a little splash of lemon juice.
 
To serve, fry the tacos until warm but still pliable. Spoon over some avocado, then a few slices of the sea bass and finish with a spoon of the tomato salsa and a sprig or two of coriander.