A healthy and delicious meal of steamed fish and vegetables.
Equipment and preparation: for this recipe you will need a two-tier bamboo steamer.
Ingredients
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3 whole plaice, filleted and skinned (or 12 fillets of plaice)
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8 rashers smoked dry-cured streaky bacon
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200g/7oz baby new potatoes
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1 bunch asparagus
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handful peas in their pods
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20g/1oz unsalted butter, softened for greasing
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pea shoots, to garnish
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rapeseed oil, for dressing pea shoots
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- For the pea purée
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50g/1¾oz unsalted butter
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200g/7oz fresh podded peas
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small handful flatleaf parsley
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100ml/3½fl oz double cream
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salt and freshly ground black pepper
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Preparation method
- Roll up each of the 12 plaice fillets and set aside.
- Fry the bacon rashers in a dry pan until crisp. Drain on kitchen paper.
- For the pea purée, add the butter to the pan used to cooked the bacon. Heat until melted, then add the peas, parsley, 50ml/2fl oz water and double cream. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Warm through on a gentle heat and then transfer to a blender and pulse until you have a very smooth purée. Taste to check the seasoning and add more butter if desired.
- Put the new potatoes into the lower basket of a two-tier bamboo steamer set over a pan of boiling water. Steam for seven minutes.
- Meanwhile, cut out a circle of greaseproof paper to line the top basket of the bamboo steamer. Grease the paper with a little butter and line the basket of the bamboo steamer with it. Season the rolls of plaice with salt and pepper and place them on the paper.
- When the potatoes have been cooking for seven minutes, add to them the asparagus and peas in their pods and steam for a further 2-3 minutes or until tender.
- Place the top basket containing the plaice on top of the vegetables and cook for 2-3 minutes, or until cooked through (take care not to overcook them).
- To serve, toss the pea shoots in a little rapeseed oil and divide the plaice fillets between four serving plates. Add some pea purée, crisp bacon and steamed vegetables. Garnish with the dressed pea shoots.
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk
