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Pan-fried fillet of Carlingford Hake

Served with a warm summer potato salad, chargrilled parma-wrapped asparagus spheres with a dill beurre blanc

Ingredients

  • 1 fillet of hake
  • 8 baby potatoes
  • 8 green beans
  • 4 each red and yellow cherry tomatoes
  • 4 asparagus
  • 4 slices of parma ham
  • 1 lemon
  • 6 sprigs of dill
  • 1 l stock
  • 100 ml olive oil
  • 100 g butter
  • 100 ml cream
  • 100 ml white wine
  • salt
  • pepper

Method

  • Blend dill with butter with hand held blender.
  • Drizzle hake fillet with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
  • Heat pan and fry, 3-4 each side – depending on thickness of fillet.
  • Towards the end of the frying time, reduce heat add dill butter.

Method

  • Boil potatoes 10-15 minutes (depending on size), strain and return to hob and allow to steam for 1 minute.
  • Transfer to baking sheet and add butter, salt and pepper.
  • Place in 200°C oven.
  • Blanch french beans, refresh and chop in half.
  • Half cherry tomatoes and season.
  • Transfer French beans and cherry tomatoes to baking sheet and place in oven for 1 minute.

Method

  • Trim asparagus stems then blanch in water seasoned with lemon juice and then refresh.
  • Drizzle spheres with olive oil and place on a hot griddle pan.

Method

  • Heat stock and add wine and a dash of cream to stabilise
  • Just before serving complete dish whisk in a spoon of the dill butter to heated stock. Keep on a low heat.
  • Assemble together and serve