Pan fried sea bream with Ve-du-ya braised cannellini beans with grilled courgettes and confit garlic
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 35 minutes
Cook: 35 minutes
Serves 2 people
The Ve-du-ya imparts a nice warm heat and complex fermented chilli flavour to the cannellini beans and the buttery sea bream.
Ingredients
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2 medium courgettes, sliced into thin strips
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2 fillets of sea bream or any other white fish such as sea bass
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1 tbsp Moscatel Vinegar
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1 small bunch basil (25g)
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Pinch of sumac
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For the confit garlic:
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150ml olive oil
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1 whole head of garlic, cloves peeled
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For the Ve-du-ya braised cannellini beans:
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1 medium white onion, sliced
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2 tbsp olive oil
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2 tbsp Ve-du-ya
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300g cherry tomatoes, cut in half
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1x 400g tin cannellini beans, drained
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100ml water
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Salt and pepper
Method
- Step 0: To make the confit garlic, place the oil and the peeled cloves of garlic on a low to medium heat and allow to come to a slow simmer and cook for around 20 minutes until the garlic is soft. Set aside.
- Step 1: In a medium pan, sauté the sliced onion in 2 tbsp olive oil on a medium heat, along with 1 pinch of salt, until soft and golden.
- Step 2: Add the Ve-du-ya and cook for a minute or so and add the halved cherry tomatoes. Cook on a medium heat for 3-4 minutes to release the tomato juices. Add the cannellini beans, along with the water, season with salt and pepper, bring to a simmer and cook for 10-12 minutes on a low heat.
- Step 3: Place a griddle pan on a high heat and when smoking hot, grill your courgette slices for 2 minutes on each side. Set the courgettes aside. When cool enough to handle, slice them up, drizzle the Moscatel Vinegar along with 1 tbsp of your confit garlic oil, some salt and the torn-up basil leaves.
- Step 4: Bring the griddle pan to a high heat again, drizzle some oil on your bream fillets along with some salt and pepper and grill your fish flesh side down first for around 4 minutes and then 2 minutes skin side down.
- Step 5: To plate, serve your cannellini beans along with the grilled sea bream, the confit garlic, the courgettes and a sprinkling of sumac.
- Step 6: Save the rest of the confit garlic and oil for dressings. It will keep for at least 5 days in the fridge.
