Butterflied Sea Bass with Herby Potatoes, Green Beans & Romesco Sauce

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High protein 5 plants Low sat fat

Butterflied Sea Bass with Herby Potatoes, Green Beans & Romesco Sauce

Prep time: 20 mins
Total time: 35 mins
Cuisine: European
Food group: Fish

Taste the summer catch with our responsibly-sourced butterflied sea bass, paired with a creamy and smoky romesco-style sauce. Dish up alongside herby new potatoes, and fine green beans for the perfect fish supper. It’s a true taste of the coast.

Cooking Instructions

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Before you start

  • Line a baking tray with silver foil
  • Bring a medium saucepan filled with salted water to a boil
  • Pull out a large frying pan, a medium bowl, a small bowl, a grater, a sieve & a measuring jug

Cook the potatoes

  • Halve the potatoes (quarter any larger ones)
  • Add the potatoes to the saucepan and simmer for 15-18 mins, until soft, then drain. Return to the saucepan

Marinate the sea bass

  • Meanwhile, roughly chop the parsley. Finely chop or crush 1 garlic clove. Zest and quarter the lemon
  • In the medium bowl, combine the crushed garlic, half the parsley and 1 tbsp oil
  • Toss the sea bass fillets into the bowl and leave to marinate

Prep & soften the veg

  • Trim the green beans. Thinly slice the shallot. Cut the spring onions into 4cm pieces. Thinly slice the other garlic clove
  • Heat the large frying pan with 1 tbsp oil on high heat. Once hot, add the green beans and spring onion and cook for 4 mins
  • Lower the heat to medium, then add the sliced garlic and shallot and cook for 1 min. Add 50ml water (25ml for 1 person) and steam for 3 mins, until cooked through. Set aside to cool

Grill the sea bass & make the romesco sauce

  • Turn the grill to high (240C)
  • Place the sea bass, skin-side up, onto the foil-lined tray. Drizzle with 1 tsp oil. Season with salt and pepper
  • Grill for 10 mins, until golden and cooked through
  • In the small bowl, combine the red pepper tapenade and ground almonds. Season with salt and pepper

Last bits & plate up

  • Toss the rocket through the cooled pan-fried veg
  • Toss the lemon zest, the juice from half the lemon and the remaining parsley through the baby potatoes. Season with salt and pepper
  • Check your fish is cooked through; it should be steaming hot, opaque and separate easily with a fork
  • Share the sea bass between plates, with the herby potatoes, salad and romesco sauce alongside. Garnish with the remaining lemon wedges

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