Pan-fried sea bass with tomatillo, avocado and fennel relish topcook.tomathouse.com
Ingredients:
Crispy fish
- 1 black sea bass, filleted with skin, 120-180g each, make cuts in the skin
- Rapeseed oil
- 1 tbsp (15 g) butter
- Olive oil for serving
Relish
- 1 medium fresh physalis, peeled, washed and diced
- Half a large ripe avocado, peeled and pitted, cut into small cubes
- Half a serrano pepper, seeded and finely diced
- 1/4 small fennel root, cut into strips
- 1/4 small red onion, thinly sliced across the grain
- 1 tbsp. l. rapeseed oil
- Juice of half a lime
- A little red wine vinegar
- Honey
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro
Preparation:
- RelishIn a medium bowl, combine the tomatillos, avocado, serrano, fennel, and onion. Drizzle with canola oil, lime juice, vinegar, and honey. Season with salt and pepper and stir in the cilantro.
- Crispy fishHeat a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add a little canola oil and heat until it begins to smoke.
- Meanwhile, season the fish with salt and pepper on both sides. Place the fillets skin-side down in the hot pan, pressing them down with a spatula. Add the butter to the pan and let it melt. When the edges of the fish are golden brown after 3 minutes, flip it over. Reduce the heat and cook for another 2 minutes. Spoon the melted butter over the crispy skin.
- Transfer the fish to a plate. Drizzle with a little olive oil. Serve with leaf lettuce and relish made from physalis, avocado and fennel.
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