Flaky Snapper with Asparagus Pernod Sauce

Ingredients

Fish

  • 2 fillets of snapper
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 tsp mayonnaise
  • 1/2 tsp harissa paste
  • 1/2 tsp lemon juice
  • Oil to pan fry

Sauce

  • 200g asparagus peeled and chopped
  • 50 g spring onion green part chopped
  • 100 ml white wine
  • 100 ml cream
  • 50 ml milk
  • 1 banana shallot finely chopped
  • 1 clove of garlic chopped
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • A dash of pernod
  • 15 ml butter

Preparation

  1. Marinate the fish fillets in all the ingredients mentioned above for at least 30 minutes to 2 hours.

  2. Take off the excess marinade.

  3. Pan fry fish skin side down for 3-4 minutes on both side.

  4. Rest the fish for 2-3 minutes and then serve it with the orzo or mashed potatoes.

Sauce

  1. Heat butter, saute shallots and garlic till translucent.

  2. Add in the wine and cook till it almost evaporates.

  3. Add in the asparagus cook for 5 minutes, season it well.

  4. Add in the spring onion and cook for more 2 minutes.

  5. Add in the milk give it a gentle boil.

  6. Add in the cream and cook for 1 minute.

  7. Blend it into a fine puree, add in the pernod and serve warm.

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