Tuesday 22 September 2009

Gilthead Bream with leafy quinoa salad



Forget the supermarkets - and get down to your fishmongers for the best fish. I'm lucky as a live in Hove on the South Coast, home to a great fishmongers, Fish who supply a lot of the restaurant trade. I nip down there and buy a bunch and stuff and freeze it for the week. No more grey looking limp fish from the supermarkets for me.

Ingredients
Gilthead bream filet seasoned with salt and pepper and lemon juice
quinoa
celery
Watercress
1 tsp of sultanas
1 tsp of pumpkin seeds

Place a 5p piece of olive oil in the centre of the pan and heat - as it heats it up you'll notice that it begins to spread so you don't need lots of oil. Now turn the heat down and place the fish skin side down on the oily patch and squeeze liberally with the juice of one lemon. The fish will cook in this juice but make sure it's not on too hot or it will burn.
One the fish has become to turn creamy white, flip over on to the other side keeping heat low. The whole thing should only take around 10mins if that.
meanwhile, cover the quinoa in water and boil, turning down to simmer. cook for 15mins or until cooked. Wait until cool and then mix with the sultans, pumpkin seeds and chopped celery. add the watercress and dress with pink grapefruit juice or any other citrus fruit you have to hand (er, except lime - use your common sense!)
Delicious and only around 400 calories, with 26g protein, 24g of carbs and 12g of good essential fats.

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