Baked Fish with Crust and Fennel Salad
Baked fish with crust and fennel salad from Spoonsparrow is the perfect dish for after work.
Ingredients
- 600 g cod fillet (150 g per fillet)
- 2 tbsp liquid butter (15 g each)
- Salt
- Pepper
- 4 slices Whole grain toast
- 4 tbsp roasted peanuts (15 g each)
- 50 g parmesan cheese (30% fat in dry matter)
- 2 bunches parsley (20 g each)
- 8 tbsp olive oil
- 50 g Baby Spinach
- 300 g fennel
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
- 2 tbsp green peppercorns
- 800 g cooked potatoes (preferably small wedges)
Instructions
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1.
Wash and pat fish fillets dry, then cut in half. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, brush with butter, and season with salt and pepper. Dice toast and chop peanuts; combine both with parmesan in a food processor to make crumbs.
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2.
Wash parsley, shake off water, remove leaves, finely chop half of them and mix with 1 tbsp olive oil before adding to the crumb mixture. Spread the mixture over the fish fillets, pressing lightly into the crust.
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3.
For the salad, wash and dry spinach. Clean and slice fennel into thin strips. Whisk lemon juice with 5 tbsp olive oil and peppercorns for the dressing.
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4.
Toss potatoes with remaining oil and place between the fish fillets on the baking sheet. Bake in a preheated oven at 200 °C (180 °C fan; gas: level 3) for 15–20 minutes.
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5.
Drizzle the dressing, including peppercorns, over the salad. Serve the fish and potatoes together with the salad.