Sea bream with courgettes & chorizo

Name: Sea bream with courgettes & chorizo
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1½ tbsp olive oil; 1 courgette (about 350g), cut into 2cm cubes; 1 shallot, finely chopped; 1 clove/s garlic, finely chopped; 190 g cooking chorizo; ¼ tsp fennel seeds, crushed; 100 ml white wine; 100 ml chicken or vegetable stock; 400 g can chickpeas, drained and rinsed; 180 g pack 2 Mediterranean Sea Bream Fillets; ½ lemon, juice of ¼, the rest in wedges

Delicate sea bream, summery courgettes and punchy chorizo offer a taste of the Med in this speedy dinner.

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Serves2
CourseDinner
Prepare15 mins
Cook20 mins
Total time35 mins

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1½ tbsp olive oil
1 courgette (about 350g), cut into 2cm cubes
1 shallot, finely chopped
1 clove/s garlic, finely chopped
½ x 190g cooking chorizo
¼ tsp fennel seeds, crushed
100ml white wine
100ml chicken or vegetable stock
400g can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
180g pack 2 Mediterranean Sea Bream Fillets
½ lemon, juice of ¼, the rest in wedges

Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. Fry the courgette, shallot and garlic with a pinch of salt for 6-8 minutes until soft. Chop the chorizo into 2cm chunks, then add to the pan with the fennel seeds. Fry, stirring regularly, for 4-5 minutes until soft and golden. Add the wine, bubble until mostly reduced, then add the stock and drained chickpeas. Simmer for 2-3 minutes.
In another large frying pan, heat the remaining ½ tbsp oil over a high heat. Pat the sea bream llets dry with kitchen paper. Slash the skin three times and season all over. Fry, skin-side down, for 3 minutes, pressing lightly with a spatula to flatten. Carefully turn the fillets, then take the pan off the heat. Squeeze in the lemon juice and leave to finish cooking in the residual heat for 1 minute until the fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork.
Spoon the courgette mixture into shallow bowls and top with the fish. Add lemon wedges, then serve with some aïoli and crusty bread, if liked.

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