

Pan-fried fish with cauliflower puree and citrus caper salsa
Ingredients
- 1 cup skim milk
- 1 ½ cups salt-reduced liquid chicken stock
- ½ head cauliflower, chopped
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 x white fish fillets (600g) such as tarakihi, gurnard, snapper, john dory)
- 1 lemon, juice
- Citrus caper salsa
- 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 rashers streaky bacon, chopped
- 6 sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
- 1 ½ tablespoons capers, rinsed, chopped
- 2 oranges, skin cut off, segmented
- 1 lemon, finely grated zest and juice
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- Salad
- 2 fennel bulbs, very thinly sliced, fronds reserved
- 1 punnet cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 orange, zest and juice
- ½ lemon, juice
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- salt and pepper, to taste
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Instructions
1 In a medium-sized pot, bring milk and chicken stock to the boil. Add cauliflower and cook for about 10 minutes until soft. Drain cauliflower, reserving the cooking liquid, and purée in a blender or food processor with half the cooking liquid until smooth. Add more cooking liquid as required. Season to taste.
2 To cook fish, heat oil in a frying pan. Season fish and add to pan, skin-side down. Cook for 2 minutes. Flip over and cook for 1-2 more minutes or until fish is just cooked through. Squeeze lemon juice over fish while in pan. Set fish aside to rest for 5 minutes.
3 To make salsa, heat oil in the same pan fish was cooked in. Fry bacon for a few minutes until crispy. Add sun-dried tomatoes, capers, orange segments, lemon zest, lemon juice and parsley. Toss together.
4 To make salad, dress fennel and tomatoes with orange zest, orange juice, lemon juice and extra-virgin olive oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
5 To serve divide cauliflower purée among plates, top with 1 piece of fish, salsa and pan juices. Serve with orange, fennel and tomato salad on the side. Garnish with a lemon slice and chopped parsley if preferred.
For a gourmet two-course dinner for four, serve this main after an entrée of Beef carpaccio, Japanese style.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 466 cal
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Kilojoules 1950 kJ
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Protein 40 g
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Total fat 21 g
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Saturated fat 5 g
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Carbohydrates 25 g
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Sugar 25 g
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Dietary fibre 8 g
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Sodium 820 mg
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Calcium 240 mg
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Iron 3.5 mg
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