It looks complicated, but I assure you was not. It was a little fiddly. But it sure was worth it afterwards, when eating my creation.
Recipe ingredients: (feeds 3)
- 1 large fish fillet (I used Cooley) remove skin and cut into small chunks
- 1 large courgette
- 2 soup spoons of flour
- 1 egg
- a glug of beer
- salt and pepper to taste
- a pan with about 3 fingers deep of frying oil.
- 3 Pak Choi
- a small courgette (chipped)
- 6 medium potatoes (or 8 small, very thin sliced, to make the crisps)
First fry the crisps in the oil, while that is doing, with a potato peeler cut thin slices of courgette (large) until it's all used up, sprinkle a little salt and pepper on the fish chunks and once that is done wrap each fish portion into two slithers of courgette, setting it aside on top of an absorbent tissue to remove excess water.
Once the crisps are made (it will take you about 3 go's) stick them on a plate on top of some absorbent paper to remove excess oil, also you can place them in the oven at 50c to keep them hot and dry. Meanwhile put a pan on the stove with about 6 soup spoons of water, with a lid on and wait till starts boiling reduce heat to minimum and placed inside the pak choi (washed) place the lid back on and now move on to the fish.
get two bowls one put just a little flour, the other the 2 sp of flour + egg + glug of beer + salt and pepper to taste, mix into a batter, dip one end of the fish rolls into the flour and then into the batter, then place them in the oil, once the batter is cooked tip them on their side to cook better it will only take about 3 minutes to cook the fish and courgette. once done place them on an absorbent paper to remove excess fat and water released by courgette. Please remember this is not a crispy batter, but a soft one, once all the fish bits are done use the excess batter to coat the other courgette chips and fry them too. Once all done the pak choi will be cooked and now is just a matter of assembling it on the plate and eating, I added a little lemon juice on top of the fish and pak choi after dished..it was delicious. But like i said in a comment bellow, i feel I done to many fried things together if I made this dish again I would have made some mash with a little butter cream (salt and pepper to taste) pinch of nutmeg and some chopped chives ...Hope you like it.
Once the crisps are made (it will take you about 3 go's) stick them on a plate on top of some absorbent paper to remove excess oil, also you can place them in the oven at 50c to keep them hot and dry. Meanwhile put a pan on the stove with about 6 soup spoons of water, with a lid on and wait till starts boiling reduce heat to minimum and placed inside the pak choi (washed) place the lid back on and now move on to the fish.
get two bowls one put just a little flour, the other the 2 sp of flour + egg + glug of beer + salt and pepper to taste, mix into a batter, dip one end of the fish rolls into the flour and then into the batter, then place them in the oil, once the batter is cooked tip them on their side to cook better it will only take about 3 minutes to cook the fish and courgette. once done place them on an absorbent paper to remove excess fat and water released by courgette. Please remember this is not a crispy batter, but a soft one, once all the fish bits are done use the excess batter to coat the other courgette chips and fry them too. Once all done the pak choi will be cooked and now is just a matter of assembling it on the plate and eating, I added a little lemon juice on top of the fish and pak choi after dished..it was delicious. But like i said in a comment bellow, i feel I done to many fried things together if I made this dish again I would have made some mash with a little butter cream (salt and pepper to taste) pinch of nutmeg and some chopped chives ...Hope you like it.
20 comments:
Your gonna make me wheely work to find out what courgette wraps are...now going to goolge...chips look good but off limits for the next few months while I am loosing some baby fat!
I know what you mean exactly, I also thinks I made to many fried things on this dish ...if I made it again I would have used a potato and butter mash infused with chives. But it was delicious..and i am also trying to loose fat (cough..fat chance) hehe..thx for visit and comment..Happy valentine's for you and your partner xxx
Bonito prato,bjs doces Alexis..
brigada sweetie...jinhos xxx Happy Valentine
I think I should buy some large bottles of beer for this really appetizing dish.
you couldn't have guessed any better, I had beer with that dish ...lol...I did...thx for dropping by and comment loved it. Happy Valentines
This looks great - definitely with beer :) Hope you had a great weekend!
oo a perfect dish with a bottle of beer!
Thanks for sending this! The courgette-wrapped fish look wonderful. I'd love to try different sauces with it. The crisps are also lovely but I have to go with your suggestion at the end - some butter cream mash . . . mmmmm!
I agree go with the mash... I really appreciate the visit and comment. Tartar sauce is great with fish as you well know. If you want a made sauce a white wine and tarragon with cream (don't forget egg yolk to thicken :) ), is lovely too. Thank you so much xxxx
Definitely a nice cold beer, may I recommend Stella or Budweiser...as they a little lighter with no bitter after-taste
Thanks 5 Star, you are a million star person. Thank you for visit and comment. Se above for my beer suggestion...hehe xxxx
I came back because I keep thinking of that song, 99 bottles of beer on the wall, Ricardo made fish in courgette wraps and then he ate it alllllllll...98 bottles of beer on the wall!
Cannot wait to see what you make next sir!
Sir??!! Is there a Sir in the room. Well I can't see one.
As to your comment, you owe me a pair of underpants, I laugh so hard I pee'd my self, your fault of course...
I really like your visits, they are fun and you're always welcome here, I alternate next dish might be a boring classic with a twist.. thx for visit and comment.
Like the concept here for the fish..wrapping it with courgette. I imagine you could bake it too. Looks delicious! And makes a nice presentation.
Actually I think baked is an EXCELLENT Idea, why didn't I think of that, but I would still brush some kind of batter around courgette so that it sticks while baking or maybe put a tooth pick... Well done...well Thanks for the input, visit and Comments...loved it.. :)
My stomach is growling...seriously....
hope you have a fantastic week :)
I am so happy you like it ...it was very high on foodbuzz at the time everyone liked it...I can see you have an eye for food too.. cheers for visit and comment :D xx
i liked the idea of using courgette as a wrap. Will think of using this idea sometime with a stuffing (no idea what I will use). Though will grill it rather than fry since I hate to fry stuff. Somehow feel it's too much work :-)
Thank you Bergamot, both for visit and comment...I agree it was far too much trouble, but was delicious, if I had to make it again I would probably bake, grilling is fine too but the wrap tends to open. Great stuff though...go for it.. cheers :) xxx
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