Pan-fried Mediterranean Seabass
Serve the light delicate flavours of the Mediterranean with this healthy midweek meal
Serves: 2
Ingredients
parsley
2 sprigs cherry vine tomatoes
2 fillets of seabass
olive oil
fresh thyme
salt
4 medium Maris Piper potatoes
rosemary
1 sweet red pepper
white wine vinegar
garlic rapeseed oil
maldon sea salt
pepper
Method
Step 1
Heat the oven to 180 degrees C.
Step 2
Peel the potatoes and add to salted boiling water
Step 3
When soft but not falling apart, sieve and turn out onto a preheated oiled baking tray, turn the potatoes over in the olive oil, and sprinkle with sea salt
Cook for 30 minutes turning occasionally
Step 4
After 30 minutes remove from the oven and add sliced sweet red pepper and a sprinkling of rosemary, pop back in the oven for 10 minutes
Step 5
To make the dressing, add 3 tbsp garlic rapeseed oil, 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar, sea salt, black pepper, and some chopped parsley
Step 6
Add cherry vine tomatoes to the roasting tin, and return to the oven
Step 7
Pat dry the seabass, place skin side down in a frying pan containing a little hot olive oil, fry for 3-4 minutes, then season the exposed surface with sea salt, black pepper and fresh thyme
Step 8
Turn over and cook for another two minutes
Step 9
Place the seabass on the plate with garlic and rosemary roast potatoes, red peppers, and tomatoes, then drizzle over the dressing