Sea bream with fennel salad and orange dressing

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    as a Main Course
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Gourmet Food for a Fiver

By Jason Atherton

Published 2010

  • About

IF EVER A DISH SPEAKS FRESHNESS, THIS IS IT. I LOVE ITS SIMPLE ELEGANCE AND VIBRANT COLOURS. BLOOD ORANGE ADDS REAL ZING TO THE DRESSING AND A SALAD OF RED ONION AND FENNEL LENDS A CRISP, REFRESHING ELEMENT. YOU CAN SERVE THE SALAD ON THE SIDE RATHER THAN ON TOP OF THE FISH IF YOU PREFER.

Ingredients

  • 4 sea bream fillets (about 160g each), skin on
  • sea salt and black pepper
  • 100

Method

  1. Rinse the fish fillets, pat dry with kitchen paper and check for small bones, removing any with kitchen tweezers. Score 4 or 5 shallow cuts on the skin side of each. Season and drizzle with olive oil. Cover and refrigerate.
  2. Segment 1 orange by slicing off the peel and pith and cutting between the membranes to release the segments; do this over a small pan to ca