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🍽️ Pan-seared fish fillets with creamy arugula pesto

345 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 bunch spring onions
• 2 bunches arugula
• 2 cloves garlic
• 750 g fish fillet (e.g. red cod or halibut or swordfish)
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp pine nuts
• 150 g cocktail tomatoes
• 1 tbsp lemon juice

Instructions

1. 1. Wash the spring onions thoroughly. Slice them into thin rings.
2. 2. Wash the arugula. Remove the thick stems and dry the leaves well.
3. 3. Set aside a few nice arugula leaves for decoration.
4. 4. Finely chop the remaining arugula.
5. 5. Peel the garlic clove and chop it finely as well.
6. 6. Heat a dry pan over medium heat.
7. 7. Toast the pine nuts in the pan briefly until fragrant.
8. 8. Remove the pine nuts from the pan and set them aside.
9. 9. Wash the fish fillets and pat them dry with kitchen paper.
10. 10. Cut the fish fillets into serving-sized pieces.
11. 11. Season the fish pieces with salt and pepper.
12. 12. Heat oil and butter in a large pan.
13. 13. Fry the fish fillets for about two minutes per side over medium heat.
14. 14. Remove the cooked fish fillets from the pan.
15. 15. Set the oven to 70 degrees Celsius.
16. 16. Keep the fish fillets warm in the oven.
17. 17. Fry the spring onion rings and garlic in the pan for about four minutes.
18. 18. Stir the ingredients occasionally.
19. 19. Add the chopped arugula and the toasted pine nuts to the pan.
20. 20. Pour in half a cup of water.
21. 21. Let the sauce simmer on low heat for about four minutes.
22. 22. Wash the tomatoes thoroughly.
23. 23. Cut the tomatoes into quarters.
24. 24. Puree the arugula sauce finely with a hand blender.
25. 25. Season the sauce to taste with lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
26. 26. Warm up the serving plates.
27. 27. Place the fish fillets on the warmed plates.
28. 28. Pour the arugula sauce over the fish fillets.
29. 29. Garnish the dish with the tomato quarters and the reserved arugula leaves.
30. 30. Serve the dish immediately.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 345
• Protein: 40 g · Fett/Fat: 17 g · Carbs: 7 g