Panfried tarakihi, Jersey Bennes and warm chive butter February 13, 2018
This is recipe for Panfried Tarakihi with Jersey Bennes and a warm chive butter will just melt in your mouth. Check out the original recipe by Bevan Smith here.
Ingredients:
| 2 cups | Potatoes, Jersey Benne variety, scrubbed |
| 75 g | Unsalted butter, chilled, cut into 1cm cubes |
| 40 ml | Olive oil |
| 2 | Tarakihi fillets, 180-200g each, preferably with skin on |
| ¼ cup | Chives, finely chopped |
| 1 | Lemon, cut into wedges, optional |
| 1 to serve | Salad greens |
Directions:
- Place potatoes in a small pot. Cover with cold water and simmer until tender. Remove from heat and leave potatoes in their cooking water to keep warm.
- Place a tablespoon of water into a small pot and bring to the boil. Turn off the heat and whisk in butter, a couple of cubes at a time. (The heat remaining in the pot will allow you to be able to emulsify the butter into a sauce without it splitting.) Place sauce to one side.
- Heat olive oil in a large heavy based frying pan over a high heat. Lightly season terakihi and cook, skin-side down, for 3 to 4 minutes until skin is nicely coloured and fish is two-thirds cooked through. Turn fish over and cook for a further minute before turning off the heat and resting in the pan for a further 2 minutes.
- Drain potatoes well and divide between 2 bowls. Stir chives into the butter sauce and spoon half of the sauce over the potatoes.
- Place fish on top of the potatoes and finish with remaining chive butter and a wedge of lemon, if desired. Serve immediately with a side of salad greens
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