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Grilled hake with smoky chickpeas, preserved lemon and kale

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Grilled hake with smoky chickpeas, preserved lemon and kale

Simply grilled hake, with a side of lemony paprika chickpeas. Ready in 30 minutes, it's a low-calorie, gluten-free midweek winner
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Total Time 30 mins
Servings 2
Calories 371 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 onion finely chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic finely chopped
  • 1 red chilli deseeded and finely chopped
  • 1 preserved lemon pith and flesh discarded, and rind finely chopped
  • 1 tsp sweet smoked paprika
  • 400 g tin chickpeas drained and rinsed
  • a large handful kale chopped
  • 2 fillets hake or other white fish

Instructions
 

  • Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and add the onion with a pinch of salt. Cook for 10 minutes until soft, adding a splash of water if it starts to catch. Add the garlic, chilli and preserved lemon, and cook for 1 minute. Add half the paprika, all the chickpeas and 200ml of water, and season. Simmer gently for 20 minutes until the chickpeas are soft and the mixture is saucy. Stir the kale into the chickpeas, cook for a few minutes, then keep warm.
  • Heat the grill to high. Season the hake fillets and toss in the remaining paprika. Put onto a baking tray and grill for 3-4 minutes or until caramelised and cooked through.

Soy steamed sea bream with ginger and spring onions

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Soy steamed sea bream with ginger and spring onions

Give your sea bream a fragrant lift with fresh ginger, soy sauce, red chilli and spring onions. This recipe is best made in a steamer, but is still easy to cook without one
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Total Time 20 mins
Servings 2
Calories 331 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 thumb-sized pieces ginger ½ sliced, ½ shredded
  • a small bunch coriander stalks and leaves reserved
  • 2 large skinless sea bream fillets
  • 2 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp shaoxing wine
  • 1 tsp caster sugar
  • 3 spring onions cut into 5 cm pieces, then shredded
  • 1/2 red chilli deseeded and thinly sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic thinly sliced
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • cooked long-grain, basmati or jasmine rice to serve
  • steamed green vegetables to serve

Instructions
 

  • Put two lines of ginger slices with coriander stalks on top onto a small heatproof plate. Put the plate into a stove-top bamboo steamer (see cook’s notes below for an alternative cooking method). Lay the fish fillets on top and season. Mix together the soy sauce, wine and sugar, then pour over, and scatter over the shredded ginger, spring onions, red chilli and garlic. Put the steamer over a pan of simmering water, cover with the lid and cook for 6-8 minutes or until the fish is just cooked.
  • Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan until shimmering. Once the fish is cooked, remove the lid and carefully pour the hot oil over the spring onions, ginger and fish. Serve with steamed white rice and green vegetables.

Cook's notes

  • To make this without a steamer, heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Cut two 20cm x 30cm sheets of baking paper and put them onto a large baking tray. In the middle of each put a line of ginger slices and coriander stalks, lay the fish fillets on top and season. Sprinkle over the shredded ginger, spring onion and chilli. Gather up the paper around the fish, scrunching to seal but leaving a little opening at one end. Mix together the soy, wine and sugar, then carefully pour into the parcel before sealing tightly. Bake for 10 minutes or until the fish is cooked through. Shaoxing wine is a Chinese spirit made from rice that adds depth when cooked – it is available from large supermarkets.

Simon Rimmer’s sole fillets with salsa verde

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Simon Rimmer’s delicate steamed sole is given a good bit of flavour with the sharp salsa verde that brings it all together. Plus, it’s ready in under 30 minutes

Simon Rimmer’s sole fillets with salsa verde

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Ingredients
  

  • Ingredients
  • skinless sole fillets 2 cut in half lengthways
  • carrot 1 finely sliced
  • fennel bulb 1 small finely sliced
  • red pepper 1 finely sliced
  • lemon ½
  • salad to serve
  • salsa verde
  • flat-leaf parsley a handful of leaves
  • mint a handful of leaves
  • tarragon a handful of leaves
  • capers 1 tbsp rinsed and drained
  • anchovy fillets 4 drained
  • Dijon mustard 1 tbsp
  • olive oil

Instructions
 

  • Method
  • STEP 1
  • To make the salsa verde, blitz all the ingredients together in a food processor then gradually add enough olive oil to give a spoonable consistency and season.
  • STEP 2
  • Lay the sole fillets on a board and season well. Blanch the carrot, pepper and fennel in boiling water for a minute then drain well.
  • STEP 3
  • Put a pile of the veg on one end of each fillet, roll up and secure with a cocktail stick. Squeeze over the lemon juice. Put on a plate in a covered steamer and steam for 4-6 minutes or until the fish is cooked and opaque. Serve 2 fillets per person with some salad and salsa verde.

Notes

Adapted from olivemagazine.com

Fish Pie with Watercress Sauce

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This family-friendly fish pie with watercress sauce recipe will be loved by adults and children alike. Packed with veggies and flaky white haddock, a great source of vitamins and proteins, this is a hearty and healthy dish that will quickly become a favourite. This dish is also suitable for freezing, so it’s a great one to make in advance.

Fish Pie with Watercress Sauce

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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 55 mins
Total Time 1 hr 15 mins
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

  • 800 g potatoes
  • 1 handful fresh mint leaves
  • 1 handful fresh parsley
  • 2 handfuls of rinsed watercress very large stalks removed
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • Juice of half a lemon
  • Crunch of black pepper
  • 150 ml double cream
  • 2 MSC certified sustainable haddock fillets skinned and boned or other sustainable white fish
  • 150 g frozen peas
  • Large knob of unsalted butter
  • Two whisked eggs optional

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6.
  • Peel the potatoes, chop into quarters and drop into a large pan of cold water. Bring the potatoes to a boil on the hob then reduce to a medium simmer. If you have a steamer pan, use the bottom part to boil your potatoes and then you can use the same water to steam your fish over the top. Pop a timer on for 15 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, put the mint, parsley, watercress, lemon juice, peeled garlic clove, black pepper and cream into a high speed blender, and blend until smooth.
  • When the timer goes off on the potatoes, add the fish fillets to the steamer, along with the peas. Put the lid on and steam for 5-10 minutes, or until the fish is soft and flaky and the peas and potatoes just tender (timing depends on the size of the fish fillets). This does cook surprisingly quickly though so don't leave it! Alternatively, you can poach the fish and peas in water in a separate saucepan. The saucepan needs to be wide enough to allow space for the fish to sit completely under the water. Simmer on medium heat for 5-10 minutes until the fish is flaky and the peas tender. (The total cooking time for the potatoes is 20-25 minutes).
  • Turn your steamer off and put the fish onto a plate and break into flakes (ensuring there are no bones). Drain the potatoes and mash in a bowl with the butter and whisked eggs. The eggs give the potato a wonderful golden crust when baked, but can be left out if you prefer.
  • Now to create your pie. Put the flaked fish and green peas into a ceramic dish 25cm x 15cm, by 5cm deep (or 3 individual portion sized dishes). Pour over the green sauce and stir through. Spoon the mashed potato on top, carefully pressing the potato to the edge of the dish to seal in the contents. Fork over the mash to create a beautiful finish.
  • Pop the pie into your preheated oven for 20 – 30 minutes, or until the potato is nice and golden
  • Mash or blend to desired consistency, or serve as it is for older babies/toddlers.

Notes

If you don't have a steamer, you can simply poach the fish in a saucepan of water for the same time along with the peas.

Crispy Asian Sea Bass

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Healthy and delicious crispy Asian sea bass is packed full of flavour thanks to the garlic, lime and red chillies. This recipe really transforms that basic cut of fish into a mouth-watering dinner. A portion of this crispy Asian sea bass works out at only 277 calories per serving and 9g fat.

Crispy Asian Sea Bass

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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 20 mins
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 4 x175g sea bass fillets
  • Cornflour to dust
  • 2 tsp groundnut oil
  • 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
  • 30 g root ginger cut into matchsticks
  • 1 red chilli cut into matchsticks
  • Bunch of spring onions shredded
  • 3 cloves of garlic thinly sliced
  • 400 g bok or pak choi or choi sum
  • 4 tbsp Kikkoman teriyake marinade
  • Lime wedges to serve
  • Steamed rice to serve

Instructions
 

  • Pat the fish with kitchen paper, then dust both sides with cornflour. Heat a splash of oil in a large frying pan, then drizzle the skin on each fillet with a little more oil and add to the pan, skin-side down. Cook for 2-3 mins, turn and cook for a further min.
  • Meanwhile, heat the sesame oil in a large wok, add the ginger, chilli and spring onion and cook for 2 mins, stirring. Add the garlic and cook for a further min, then spoon over the fish. Add the bok choi and teriyake marinade immediately to the wok, cook over a high heat for 1 min until wilted. Serve with the fish, lime wedges and steamed rice.

Notes

Look for Young’s Basa Fillets in the freezer aisle for a cheaper alternative to sea bass.