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Pan-Fried Scorpion Fish in Olive Oil

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Pan-Fried Scorpion Fish in Olive Oil Type of dish : Main course
To serve : 4
Preparation : 25 min
Cooking : 35 min
Budget : Reasonable
From : France
Difficulty : Medium
 
Ingredients :
2 Scorpion Fish of around 800g each, filetted with skin
1 onion
1 courgette
1/2 aubergine
1 small head of fennel
6 small tomaotes
50g black olives
6 tablespoons olive oil
1 sprig thyme
200ml fish stock
Sprig rosemary
50g butter
1/2 lemon
Sea salt, table salt, milled black pepper
 
Recipe :
Peel and dice the onion, courgette and aubergine.
Remove foot and stalk from fennel, dice head.
Boil and peel tomatoes, then dice.
Cut olives in half.
Saute onion for 2 mins over a gentle heat, in a tablespoon of olive oil, then remove.
Saute fennel, courgette, aubergine, then tomatoes in the same pan, adding a little more oil each time you add a vegetable.
Add onion to vegetables in a large pan, then add olives, seasoning and thyme.
Cover, and leave to simmer for 20 mins, adding diced tomato 5 mins before the end of cooking.

Bring fish stock to the boil, sprinkle in rosemary and leave to stand for five mins, off heat.
Dice butter, and add, mixing thoroughly. Add lemon juice, adjust seasoning and strain.

Wash and dry fish, then score flesh lengthways a few times.
Sear fish in a tablespoon and a half of warm olive oil and season, then cook over a low heat for 3 mins.

Arrange 3 spoonfuls of ratatouille on each plate, then place a fillet of fish in the middle.
Drizzle with rosemary stock and decorate with rosemary.
Serve immediately.



Advice :
recommended wine: a white from Provence, such as La Courtade
A Guy Savoy recipe.
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