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Jamie Oliver’s Fragrant Trout and Green Veg

Jamie Oliver’s Fragrant Trout and Green Veg

This delicious trout recipe is a quick, easy and healthy dinner for two. The fish is served with potatoes, peas, charred little gem lettuce and an anchovy and tomato sauce. As seen on Channel 4's Jamie's 20 Minute Meals.
Serves 2
Total 20 min
Cook 20 min
Easy

Ingredients

4 medium-sized tomatoes (450g)
2 x 130g trout fillets, skin on, pin-boned
1 little gem lettuce
1 potato (150g)
160g green beans
4 spring onions
160g frozen peas
1 tbsp plain flour
4 anchovy fillets in oil
½ a bunch of tarragon (10g)

Method

1

Boil the kettle. Cut out each tomato stalk, then place the tomatoes in a large heatproof bowl in the sink. Cover with boiling kettle water and submerge for 2 minutes exactly, then turn the cold tap on and let them cool.

2

Put a large frying pan on a medium-high heat. Season the trout with sea salt and place skin side down in the pan until golden and crisp, then remove (we’ll cook it through later). Click off the outer lettuce leaves, finely shred and put aside. Cut the lettuce heart into quarters and char for 1 minute, then remove.

3

Peel the potato and chop into 1cm dice, then put into the pan with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, stirring regularly. Trim the green beans, chop into 1cm lengths and add to the pan, then trim the spring onions, slice the same size and stir into the pan with the peas and shredded lettuce. Cook for 2 minutes, then stir in the flour, followed by 300ml of boiling kettle water. Sit the trout back on top, skin side up, cover, and cook for 5 minutes, or until cooked through.

4

Meanwhile, drain the tomatoes, peel and roughly chop, discarding most of the seeds. Scrape into a bowl with 1 tablespoon each of red wine vinegar and extra virgin olive oil. Halve and add the anchovies to the bowl. Pick in the tarragon, toss together, season to perfection and leave to macerate for a moment.

5

Pour the liquor from the tomato bowl into the pan, then divide up the veg, sit the trout and charred lettuce hearts on top, and serve with the tomatoes.

Nutritional value

ENERGY 517kcal | FAT 22.8g | SAT FAT4.1g | PROTEIN 39.6g | CARBS 40.9g | SUGARS 12.6g | FIBRE 11.6g | SALT 1.8g

Click here for a full round up of all the recipes from Jamie Oliver’s Channel 4 series 20 Minute Meals.

Reviews

3 out of 5 stars

1 Ratings

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2 Comments

    default user avatar Beena

    Just tried it, the veg seemed a little bit bland, in the show did Jamie infuse some herbs in the oil at the beginning? Fish was good and felt healthy

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    default user avatar The Happy Foodie Team

    Hi Beena,

    Thanks for your comment! The recipe here is extracted as per the cookbook. In the TV show episode, Jamie adds some fresh herbs to the pan with the trout, which you can try out to give the dish extra flavour and aroma.

    The Happy Foodie Team.

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