BeebRecipes.co.uk
Archive of BBC Food Recipes

Sea bass with pesto dressing

Prep time less than 30 mins
Cook time less than 30 mins
Serves 1
From Ready Steady Cook

Method


  1. For the pesto dressing, blend all the pesto dressing ingredients in a food processor to a coarse paste.

  2. For the sea bass, heat the olive oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Fry the sea bass, skin-side down, for 3-4 minutes and season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Turn the sea bass fillet over and fry for a further 3-4 minutes, or until the skin is crisp and golden-brown and the fish is cooked through. Remove from the pan and set aside on a serving plate.

  3. Mix the tomato, pine nuts, olive oil, lemon zest and juice in a bowl. Season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

  4. To serve, spoon the tomato and pine nut mixture over the sea bas, then spoon over the pesto dressing.

Ingredients

For the pesto dressing

  • small handful fresh basil leaves
  • 1 tbsp pine nuts
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the sea bass

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 sea bass fillet
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tomato, chopped
  • 1 tbsp pine nuts
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • ½ lemon, zest and juice

Shopping List

Sea bass with pesto dressing

Fruit and vegetables

Cooking ingredients

Meat, fish and poultry


This link may stop to work if/when the BBC removes the recipes
This site is under development - You can use it, but some things are not completed and may not be quite right!