Pan-fried sea bream with cannellini beans and tomatoes
Sear the sea bream skin side down in a hot pan, so the fat renders out and leaves you with a wonderfully crispy, savoury layer that contrasts with white fish, sweet roast tomatoes and punchy capers.
- Serves4
- CourseMain meal
- Prepare15 mins
- Cook5 mins
- Total time20 mins
Ingredients
- 5 tbsp olive oil
- 300g baby plum tomatoes, halved
- 2 x 400g cans cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 uwaxed lemon
- 3 clove/s garlic, crushed
- 2 tbsp capers
- 4 x 90g Mediterranean sea bream fillets (from the fish counter)
- 1 Handful flat leaf parsley
Method
Preheat the oven to 110°C, gas mark ¼. Put 3 tbsp oil into a pan and place over a high heat. Add the tomatoes and fry for 1-2 minutes. Add the cannellini beans, lemon zest, garlic and capers. Stir fry for 1 minute more, then season and transfer to an ovenproof dish. Keep warm in the oven.
Wipe out the pan, cut the lemon into 4 wedges, drizzle with a little oil, then fry on the flesh sides for a minute or two, until slightly charred. Set aside.
Place a large nonstick frying pan over a medium-high heat. Drizzle a little more oil over the fish, enough to coat both sides, then season. When the pan is hot, sear the fish skin-side down and fry for 3 minutes without moving, then flip and fry for 2 minutes more until opaque and flaking easily.
Chop most of the parsley, stir through the cannellini bean mixture and divide between 4 plates. Top with the sea bream, scatter over some parsley leaves and serve with the charred lemon wedges.
Cook’s tip
If you don't have cannellini beans, use chickpeas, butter beans or flageolet beans instead
Nutritional
Typical values per serving when made using specific products in recipe
Energy | 1,423kJ/ 341kcals |
|---|---|
Fat | 17.5g |
Saturated Fat | 2.3g |
Carbohydrates | 17.2g |
Sugars | 3.5g |
Fibre | 8.2g |
Protein | 24.5g |
Salt | 1.4g |