Recipe: Pan-fried monkfish with Romesco topping, celeriac purée and potatoes
PUBLISHED: 13:03 16 September 2016 | UPDATED: 09:28 19 September 2016
St Michael's Manor Pan fried monkfish with Romesco topping, celeriac purée, nut oil and Parisienne potatoes
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St Michael’s Manor Hotel, St Albans’ recipe for pan-fried monkfish with Romesco topping, celeriac purée, nut oil and Parisienne potatoes
Ingredients (serves 4)
Romesco topping:
10 hazelnuts
6 almonds
20 bread slices
1 tsp balsamic vinegar
1 dried tomato
Pinch of paprika
1 tsp chopped parsley
Celeriac purée:
1 large celeriac
Milk
Cream
Nut oil:
3 hazelnuts
2 almonds
150ml olive oil
Chopped parsley
Parisienne potatoes:
4 large potatoes
Butter
Salt
Fish:
4 x 150g monkfish fillets
Method
1. Romesco topping: Wet the bread with the vinegar and toast until very dry. Blend with all other ingredients until it reaches a fine breadcrumb.
2. Celeriac purée: Peel and cook the celeriac in milk and cream (half and half). Drain (keep the cooking liquor) and blend until smooth, adding the cooking liquor until smooth and velvety.
3. Nut oil: Blend all the ingredients together until smooth.
4. Parisienne potatoes: Peel the potaoes, then with a melon baller scoop out 10-12 balls per person. Boil until almost cooked and finish in a frying pan with butter and salt.
5. Pan-fry the monkfish portions until golden on the outside, then place in a pre-heated oven at 180 degrees for four minutes. Remove and rest for two minutes before serving.
6. Serve the fish on a bed of greens such as curly kale for colour and finish with all the accompaniments.
Recipe by the Lake Restaurant, St Michael’s Manor Hotel, St Albans
