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Sea bass with new potatoes cooked in milk and watercress salsa.
The recipe requires less than 30 mins preparation time, 10 to 30 minutes cooking time, and Serves 2
Ingredients:
- 2 x 150–200g/5½–7oz sea bass fillets
- olive oil, for frying
- knob of butter
- squeeze lemon juice
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
For the watercress salsa
- 100g/3½oz watercress, torn into leaves
- 1 tbsp baby capers
- handful flatleaf parsley leaves
- small bunch dill, roughly chopped
- 6 anchovy fillets, drained
- 1 garlic clove, roughly chopped
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 4–8 tbsp olive oil
For the new potatoes in milk
- 50g/1¾oz unsalted butter, softened
- 1kg/2lb 4oz new potatoes, scrubbed
- 500ml/18fl oz goats milk
- 2 bay leaves
- ½ fennel bulb
Directions:
- Blend the salsa ingredients together in a food processor until roughly chopped, then set aside.
- To make the potatoes in milk, spread the butter onto the base of a wide, heavy-bottomed saucepan. Put in the potatoes, season well and cover with the milk. Add the bay leaves and fennel. Cut a circle of baking paper the size of your pan and place it on the milk. Cook over a medium heat for 20 minutes. Remove the paper and turn up the heat until the milk has reduced and the potatoes have slightly caramelized. Set aside to rest.
- Meanwhile, to cook the fish, heat a dash of oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Lightly score the fish skin and season with salt. Fry the fish skin-side down for 3–4 minutes. Turn the fish over and cook flesh-side down for 2 minutes, or until cooked through. Add a knob of butter and a squeeze of lemon.
- Divide the fish between two plates, drizzle with the salsa and serve with the potatoes.
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