James Martin's dish of the summer!
May 17th, the day restaurants can finally open for indoor dining and to celebrate James is here with a new dish he’s been working on, his dish of the summer! Pan fried fish with cauliflower puree and English asparagus cream sauce.
Roasted turbot on the bone with cauliflower puree
Serves 4
Ingredients
4 x 150g turbot (or any fish that isn't oily), split and on bone
For the Asparagus
Splash water
25g butter
150g asparagus tips
Cauliflower puree
500ml whole milk
1 cauliflower, head sliced thinly
English wine sauce
1 shallot, sliced
4 button mushroom, sliced
1ltr fish stock
Sprig of thyme
100ml cream
50g butter
Handful chives, chopped
150ml sparkling wine
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 200C/Fan 180C.
2. Season the fish and then pan fry in a dash of oil for a few minutes on both sides until coloured, then remove from the pan and place in the preheated oven and roast for 15-20 minutes. When done, remove the skin before serving.
3. Meanwhile to make the sauce in a pan, sweat the shallots until they are lightly caramelised, then add the mushrooms then the fish stock and the thyme and reduce by half. Add the cream and reduce by half again, add the butter and reduce more, then add the chives and finish the sauce with the wine.
4. To make the cauliflower puree, in a saucepan add the milk and bring to a simmer, then add the cauliflower keeping to a simmer until cooked, then drain well and add the cauliflower to a blender and blitz until really smooth, and season.
5. In another saucepan, to cook the asparagus, add a splash of water followed by the butter and cook to a boil, then add the asparagus and cook for 3 minutes until it creates an emulsion.
6. To plate up, serve the asparagus on the plate, with the fish laying on top, with the sauce drizzled over the top, and the puree to the side of the plate.