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Recipe of the Month December 2025: Wagyu & Caviar – Luxury on a Plate Santos Gourmet
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Recipe of the Month December: Wagyu & Caviar – Luxury on a Plate

An exclusive fine dining experience by Santos Gourmet -gourmet December recipe

This extraordinary dish combines the best of premium cuisine:
tender Wagyu beef paired with refined caviar, complemented by yuzu-lime sauce, marinated cucumber, and mushrooms.

A recipe for those who appreciate luxury, precision, and modern gastronomy.


🥂 Why Wagyu & Caviar work perfectly together

Wagyu delivers:

  • exceptional tenderness

  • rich marbling

  • deep flavor

Caviar adds:

  • elegance

  • texture

  • a refined salty note

👉 Together: a Michelin-level experience.


🛒 Ingredients (serves 2)

  • 1 Wagyu chateaubriand

  • 50 g Santos Imperial caviar

  • ½ cucumber

  • 2 tbsp rice vinegar

  • 1 tbsp mirin

  • ½ tsp sugar

  • Yuzu-lime sauce

  • 75 g shimeji mushrooms

  • 2 tbsp edamame

  • Fleur de sel / Maldon salt

  • Shiso or daikon cress


👨🍳 Preparation

1. Marinate the cucumber

Peel and cut the cucumber.
Mix with rice vinegar, mirin, sugar, and salt.
Let marinate (ideally vacuum sealed).


2. Cook the Wagyu

Heat a pan until very hot.
Sear the Wagyu for about 2 minutes per side.
Let it rest, then slice thinly.


3. Mushrooms & sauce

Sauté shimeji mushrooms in Wagyu fat.
Warm the yuzu-lime sauce gently.


4. Fine dining plating

  • Place cucumber as a base

  • Add caviar on top

  • Arrange Wagyu slices

  • Add mushrooms

  • Serve sauce on the side

✨ Clean, elegant, minimal


🍽️ Serving suggestion

Use:

  • dark plates (black or stone)

  • clean plating

  • minimal composition

👉 Simplicity = luxury


🥂 Wine pairing

Perfect with:

  • Champagne 

  • Chardonnay

👉 Freshness balances the richness of Wagyu



🛍️ Discover Santos Gourmet

All premium ingredients – including Wagyu and caviar – are available at Santos Gourmet.

👉 Experience true gourmet quality.


✨ Conclusion

A dish for special moments.
Minimal, refined, and unforgettable.

Santos Gourmet – not grey at all.