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🍽️ Roasted Sea Bass with Chorizo and Zucchini
380 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 50 g soft chorizo
- 1 large shallot
- 350 ml veal stock
- 0.5 lemon
- 700 g medium zucchini (3 medium zucchini)
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- salt
- pepper
- 500 g floury potatoes
- 8 garlic cloves
- 175 ml milk (1.5% fat)
- nutmeg
- 4 fillets of sea bass (approx. 150 g each, with skin, scaled)
- 4 fresh bay leaves
Instructions
- 1. Slice the chorizo sausage and then chop it into very small cubes.
- 2. Peel the shallot and cut it into thin strips.
- 3. Put the chorizo cubes and shallot strips into a pot.
- 4. Fry the mixture over low to medium heat for 10 to 12 minutes, stirring constantly.
- 5. Pour the fried mixture into a sieve and let it drain well.
- 6. Wipe the pot clean.
- 7. Return the drained sausage, shallots, and veal stock to the pot.
- 8. Bring the mixture to a boil and let it simmer over low heat for 15 minutes.
- 9. Squeeze the juice from half a lemon.
- 10. Wash the zucchini, dry it, and remove the ends.
- 11. Slice the zucchini diagonally into thin slices.
- 12. Heat a grill pan and brush it with some olive oil.
- 13. Grill the zucchini slices in batches, browning each side.
- 14. Arrange the grilled zucchini slices in a scale-like pattern on two-thirds of a baking sheet.
- 15. Season the zucchini with salt, pepper, and a few splashes of lemon juice.
- 16. Make sure there is enough space left on the tray to fit the four fish fillets.
- 17. Wash the potatoes, peel them, and remove any eyes.
- 18. Cook the potatoes in boiling salted water for 20 to 25 minutes.
- 19. Peel the garlic.
- 20. Put the garlic together with milk, salt, and pepper in a pot and bring it to a boil.
- 21. Grate a pinch of nutmeg directly into the mixture.
- 22. Puree the garlic milk with a hand blender.
- 23. Set the garlic milk aside.
- 24. Wash the fish fillets and pat them dry with a kitchen towel.
- 25. Make two shallow cuts on the skin side of the fillets.
- 26. Season the fish fillets with salt and pepper.
- 27. Heat the remaining olive oil in a pan over high heat.
- 28. Place the fish fillets skin-side down into the hot pan.
- 29. Add the bay leaves to the pan as well.
- 30. Fry the fish fillets for 2 minutes.
- 31. Place the fish fillets next to the zucchini on the baking sheet.
- 32. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees (convection 180 degrees, gas level 3).
- 33. Roast the fish fillets in the preheated oven on the lowest rack for approx. 8 minutes.
- 34. Drain the potatoes and let them steam dry for a moment.
- 35. Mash the potatoes finely.
- 36. Stir the garlic milk into the mashed potatoes until creamy.
- 37. Finally season the mashed potatoes with salt and pepper.
- 38. Boil the chorizo broth again.
- 39. Place the zucchini slices decoratively in the center of four plates.
- 40. Place the mashed potatoes on top of the zucchini.
- 41. Place one fish fillet on top of each, skin-side up.
- 42. Pour the hot chorizo broth over everything.
- 43. Garnish the dish with bay leaves and serve.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 380
- Protein: 39 g · Fett/Fat: 13 g · Carbs: 23 g