Poached turbot with a lemon and kelp crust and hasselback potatoes
A showstopper of a dish for impressing your loved one with.
Ingredients
For the hasselback potatoes
- 4 potatoes, peeled
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 50g/2oz butter, melted
For the turbot and the broad bean and wine sauce
- 110ml/4fl oz dry white wine
- 110ml/4fl oz chicken stock
- pinch of saffron
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 x 175g/6oz turbot fillets
- 150g/5oz frozen baby broad beans, thawed and peeled (the skin comes off easily once thawed)
- 2 tbsp cr猫me fra卯che
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
For the mushrooms
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 125驳/4陆辞锄 wild mushrooms, such as morels
- 2 tsp truffle oil
For the crust
- 2 tbsp ciabatta breadcrumbs
- 1 tbsp chopped kelp (available from specialist suppliers online - use capers if none is available)
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 lemon, zest only
- 25g/1oz butter
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
For the hasselback potatoes, preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
Place each potato on a tablespoon and cut slices down through the potato so that you have a fan effect. The edges of the spoon will stop you cutting all the way through.
Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste, and brush with melted butter.
Place the potatoes onto a baking tray and roast in the oven for 45 minutes or until crisp, basting with the melted butter about halfway through.
For the turbot and the broad bean and wine sauce, place the white wine, stock, saffron and bay leaves in a shallow pan and bring to the boil.
Add the fish, reduce the heat, and poach gently for three minutes.
Meanwhile, for the mushrooms, heat the olive oil in a pan. Add the garlic to the pan and fry for a minute, then add the mushrooms and fry gently. When the mushrooms are cooked all the way through, set them aside, keeping them warm.
Using a fish slice, carefully remove the turbot from the poaching pan and place it on a baking tray. Reserve the poaching liqueur.
For the crust, blend the breadcrumbs, kelp, lemon juice, lemon zest and butter in a blender or food processor. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste, and spread the crust over the fish.
Place the fish in the hot oven and cook for about five minutes, or until the crust is golden-brown.
To finish the broad bean and wine sauce, place the peeled broad beans into the fish stock residue and simmer until the liquid has reduced by half.
Add the cr猫me fra卯che to the sauce and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste.
To serve, drizzle the truffle oil over the warm mushrooms, place half of the mushrooms onto each of two plates and arrange the fish portion on top. Drizzle around the broad bean and wine sauce. Place the hasselback potatoes on the side.
