Name: Skate with Bitter Salad Leaves
Yield: Serves four
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 175 g/6 oz bitter salad leaves, such as frisée, rocket (arugula), radicchio, escarole, lamb’s lettuce (mache) and watercress; 45 ml/3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 1 bunch spring onions (scallions), whites finely chopped; crusty bread, to serve; salt, paprika and black pepper; 800 g/1¾ lb skate wings; 15 ml/1 tbsp white wine vinegar; 2 tomatoes, peeled, seeded and diced; 1 fresh thyme sprig; 1 orange; 4 black peppercorns

Preparation info

Serves
four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes from My Spanish Grandmother

By Pepita Aris

Published 2013

About

This dish is popular in Galicia, which is famous for both ifs skate and its watercress. Skate has a delicious sweep flavour, enhanced here by orange. It contrasts well with any bitter leaves - buy a bag of mixed salad leaves for contrasting textures and flavours.

Ingredients

800 g/1¾ lb skate wings
15 ml/1

Method

Put the skate wings into a large shallow pan, cover with cold water and add the vinegar, peppercorns and thyme. Bring to the boil, then poach gently for 8–10 minutes, until the flesh comes away easily from the bones.
Make the dressing. Whisk together the v