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Pan seared Barramundi with honey roasted pumpkin salad

 

Fish

1 clove garlic

1/2 cup parsley

2 T Dijon mustard

5 T olive oil

1kg Barramundi fillets or thick firm white fish

4 roma tomatoes

1small spanish onion

1 lemon

seasalt

cracked black pepper

 

Salad
500g pumpkin

4 tomatoes

3T olive oil

5T honey

3 cups mixed lettuce leaves

2T red wine vinegar

Fish

1.  Place 1/2 parsley, mustard, garlic, juice, and 2T of olive oil in a mortar and pestle, and combine to make a rough paste.  You can use a food processor if you prefer.

2.  Cut fish into desired size pieces and cover with the paste.

3.  Heat a fry pan to a high heat and add 2T olive oil.  Place fish into olive oil and allow to cook on each side for a couple of minutes. 

4.  Place fish onto a tray and finish in the oven on a moderately high heat for just a few minutes.  Allow to rest before serving.

5.  Cut the seeds out of the tomatoes and finely dice.  Grate rind from lemon and juice 1/2T.  Finely dice onion and parsley and mix with diced tomato, rind, juice and 1T of olive oil.

6.  Season with pepper and salt to taste and place 1T of mix on top of the fish to serve.


Salad

1.  Cut pumpkin into large cubes and place with wedges of  tomatoes into a bowl and toss with 2T olive oil, 2T of honey, salt and pepper. 

2.  Bake for 20 minutes in a hot oven, or until pumpkin is golden. 

3.  To make the dressing, mix together remaining honey, red wine vinegar and 1T olive oil.

4.  Toss lettuce in dressing, place on the plate scattered with baked pumpkin and tomato. Place fish and salsa on top to finish.

 

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