Sea bass with lemon sauce recipe
- 50 g (1.8oz) Unsalted butter
- 2 tbsp Olive oil
- 2 Shallots, peeled and finely chopped
- 2 Garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
- 4 180g sea bass fillets, skin on and scored
- 150 g (5.3oz) Button mushrooms, sliced
- 50 ml (1.8fl oz) Fresh fish stock
- 250 g (8.8oz) Baby spinach leaves
- 4 tbsp Creme fraiche
- 1 Pinch of salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 Lemon, cut into wedges
- Heat a large frying pan and put in 30g butter and 1 tablespoon of the oil.
- Once hot, add the shallots and cook over a low to medium heat for 3 minutes until softened, then add the garlic and cook for a further 2 minutes.
- Meanwhile heat another large frying pan and add the remaining oil and butter.
- Once the oil is hot put in the sea bass fillets and cook over a medium heat for 2-3 minutes on each side.
- Always cook fish presentation-side down first.
- In this instance it should be skin-side down first.
- Add the mushrooms to the pan of shallots and cook for a further 2 minutes.
- Add the fish stock and allow to reduce for 1 minute before adding the baby spinach.
- If the liquid evaporates, add some more stock.
- Once the spinach has wilted, remove the pan from the heat and stir in the creme fraiche.
- Taste and season with salt and pepper if necessary.
- Place the wilted spinach and mushrooms in the centre of each plate and put the sea bass fillets on top.
- Serve with the lemon wedges.
butter, olive oil, shallots, garlic, bass fillets, button mushrooms, fish, spinach leaves, salt, lemon
Taken from www.lovefood.com/guide/recipes/11273/richard-corrigans-sea-bass (may not work)