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🍽️ Waller with crispy potato crust and fresh cucumber-dill salad
485 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 4 pieces Wels fillet (skinless approx. 160 g)
- 400 g waxy potatoes
- 4 olive oil
- 2 salad cucumbers
- 100 ml dry white wine
- 100 ml whipping cream
- 2 tbsp fresh chopped dill
- 2 tbsp crème fraîche
- chili flakes
- dill (for garnish)
Instructions
- 1. Rinse the fish under running water and then pat it completely dry with kitchen paper.
- 2. Peel the potatoes and slice them into paper-thin slices using a vegetable peeler or a mandoline.
- 3. Season the fish generously on both sides with salt and freshly ground pepper.
- 4. Place the potato slices in an overlapping, scale-like pattern on the skin side of the fish so that it is completely covered.
- 5. Heat two tablespoons of oil in a non-stick pan over medium heat.
- 6. Place the fish in the hot pan with the potato side facing down.
- 7. Fry the fish slowly and patiently for four to five minutes until the potato crust is golden brown and crispy.
- 8. Peel the cucumbers and cut them in half lengthwise.
- 9. Remove the seeds from the cucumber halves and cut the flesh into coarse chunks.
- 10. Heat the remaining hot oil in the same pan and sauté the cucumber pieces briefly.
- 11. Season the vegetables with salt and deglaze the pan with the wine.
- 12. Let the liquid bubble until it has almost completely evaporated.
- 13. Stir in the cream, dill, and crème fraîche into the vegetables.
- 14. Adjust the seasoning of the sauce with salt and a pinch of chili.
- 15. Carefully turn the fish over to the other side.
- 16. Remove the pan from the heat and let the fish finish cooking in the residual heat for one to two minutes.
- 17. Divide the warm cucumber-dill vegetable mixture among the plates.
- 18. Place the fish fillet with the crispy potato crust on top of the vegetables.
- 19. Garnish the dish with fresh dill sprigs.
- 20. Sprinkle the fish lightly with salt and chili again and serve immediately.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 485
- Protein: 33 g · Fett/Fat: 25 g · Carbs: 39 g