Pan fried sea trout
Recipe byIngredients
100 g small jersey royal potatoes
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 bunches mint
1 tbsp butter
15 g fresh peas
15 g fresh morel mushrooms
1 tbsp olive oil
1 sea trout, skin left on
1 sprigs pea shoots
salt and black pepper
vinaigrette
parmesan shavings
For the butter sauce
50 g unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small cubes
1/4 lemons, juice only
1/4 bunch chervil, chopped
Prep. Time → 15 min
Cook Time → 30 min
1. Method
1. Cover the potatoes with cold water in a large saucepan, adding 15g salt for each litre of water.
2. 2. Add 1 garlic clove and the mint. Bring to the boil and cook for 20-25 minutes until tender. Drain and reserve 150ml of the cooking water.
3. 3. Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the peas and morels with a clove of garlic and a sprig of thyme. Add 2 tablespoons of water and cook gently for 2 minutes, then drain.
4. 4. For the butter sauce, heat 150ml of the reserved cooking liquid in a saucepan. Once boiling, whisk in the cubes of chilled butter 1 or 2 at a time, adding a squeeze of lemon juice and the chopped chervil at the end.
5. 5. Season the sea trout with salt and pepper and heat the olive oil in a non-stick frying pan. Add the fish and cook for 4 minutes, turning once.
6. 6. Toss the cooked potatoes in the butter sauce and spoon into a bowl. Spoon the peas and morels over the potatoes and lay the sea trout on top. Garnish with Parmesan shavings and pea shoots, dressed with vinaigrette.
main courses October 23, 2012 08:37
Pukka