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🍽️ Monkfish with Saffron Foam
428 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- monkfish fillet 600 g
- butter 4 tbsp
- wheat flour, Type 405 20 g
- dry white wine 100 ml
- vegetable broth 250 ml
- heavy cream 125 ml
- saffron threads 0.1 g
- salt pinch
- pepper, black ground pinch
- fennel 2 pcs
- hokkaido pumpkin 0.5 pcs
- olive oil 4 tbsp
- pomegranate 0.5 pcs
Instructions
- 1. Thaw the frozen fish overnight in the refrigerator.
- 2. Heat 2 tablespoons of butter in a pot over medium heat.
- 3. Stir in flour and sweat it for about 1 minute.
- 4. Deglaze the mixture with white wine and cook for 2 minutes while stirring.
- 5. Add vegetable broth, cream, and saffron.
- 6. Let the sauce simmer for about 10 minutes.
- 7. Season the sauce with salt and pepper.
- 8. Wash the fennel and pumpkin.
- 9. Pluck the dill-like green fronds from the fennel and set them aside.
- 10. Remove the ends of the pumpkin.
- 11. Quarter the pumpkin.
- 12. Scrape out the seeds with a spoon.
- 13. Cut the fennel and pumpkin into even, thin strips.
- 14. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a pan over medium-high heat.
- 15. Roast the vegetables with a little salt for about 5 minutes.
- 16. Reduce the heat to medium and cook the vegetables with the lid on for about 10 to 15 minutes until tender-crisp.
- 17. Stir the vegetables occasionally.
- 18. Wash the monkfish and pat it dry.
- 19. Season the fish with salt.
- 20. Heat the remaining oil in another pan over medium-high heat.
- 21. Fry the fish for about 4 to 5 minutes on all sides.
- 22. Add the remaining butter.
- 23. Finish cooking the monkfish fillets over low heat for about 3 to 4 minutes.
- 24. Spoon some butter over the fish occasionally.
- 25. Halve the pomegranate.
- 26. Loosen the seeds by tapping with a ladle.
- 27. Foam the saffron sauce with a hand blender before serving.
- 28. Plate the pumpkin, fennel, and monkfish.
- 29. Garnish the dish with saffron sauce, pomegranate seeds, and fennel fronds.
- 30. Serve the dish.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 428
- Protein: 39 g · Fett/Fat: 24 g · Carbs: 18 g