Meal of the dreams: Dennis fillet with crispy skin on velvety pea cream

Do not compromise on dried fish in the oven - Neta Levya with a recipe for a stunning pea cream, topped with a Dennis fish fillet with extra crispy skin and a refreshing mint-almond pesto.

It's time to pull out a glass of white wine

Neta Levya, in collaboration with Sugat

05/01/2022

Wednesday, 05 January 2022, 08:00 Updated: 08:11

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A wonderful meal with ease.

Velvety pea cream with fillet Dennis (Photo: Dror Einav, Styling: Anat Lebel)

We are used to thinking of dried peas usually as a base for rich pea soup, but it can also easily be turned into a velvety and festive cream that accompanies a fish dish for example.

Neta Levya from the Manchkin Recipes Blog teaches how to make a stunning pea cream that she serves with a Dennis fish fillet with extra crispy skin and a refreshing mint-almond pesto.

This can be a first course at the Shabbat meal but also a whole meal in itself, when you feel like something light and special alongside a glass of white wine.

Before frying, dry the fish and especially the skin with absorbent paper.

When the pan is hot, place the fish on the pan with the skin facing down and press a little with a spatula, so that the skin gets a nice burn and does not "fold" from the heat.

Let it fry until nicely browned and only at the end turn over.

When serving, place the fish so that the skin this time is facing upwards - otherwise it will lose its crispiness as a result of the steam generated by the heat.

More ideas for recipes with dried peas, you can find here.

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Pea cream with fillet Dennis and almond mint pesto

Recipe By: Neta Levya

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• 30 minutes work

• 90 minutes total

• Easy to prepare

• 4 diners

• Mediterranean

• milky

• Fish and seafood

• vegetables

• Recipes to sit

• kosher

Fillet Dennis with pea cream and mint pesto (Photo: Dror Einav, Styling: Anat Lebel)

Ingredients

• For fish:

  • 6 pcs Dennis fillet with skin (from 3 fish)

  • 3-4 tablespoons olive oil

  • Salt

  • black pepper

• For pea cream:

  • 3-4 tablespoons olive oil

  • 1 chopped onion

  • 500 grams of dried peas

  • 2 bay leaves

  • ½1 liters of water

  • Salt

  • Ground black pepper

  • 1 pack Sweet cream for cooking (250 ml)

• For mint and almond pesto:

  • 1 bunch of mint leaves (without the stems)

  • ½ Roasted sliced ​​almonds

  • ¾ Olive oil

  • Salt

  • black pepper

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Preparation

How to make pea cream with fillet Dennis and almond mint pesto?

• 1 Make

  almond pesto:

  Grind all the ingredients in a blender.

  Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary.

  Store in a box in the refrigerator.

  Stored for up to a week.

• 2

  Prepare the pea cream:

  In a saucepan, fry the onion in olive oil for 5-7 minutes until transparent (no need to brown it).

  Add the peas, bay leaves and water.

  Bring to a boil, season with salt and pepper, lower the flame and cover.

  Cook for about an hour, until the peas are completely soft and fall apart.

  Grind the pea cream.

• 3 Add the sweet cream, mix and bring to a boil again.

  Cook at a boil for a few minutes just until the cream thickens slightly.

  Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary.

• 4

  Prepare the fish:

  Dry the fish (especially the side of the skin) with absorbent paper and season them with salt and black pepper.

  Heat olive oil in a pan over a high flame and fry them with the skin facing down.

  Important -

  When placing the fish on the hot pan, press the fish slightly down with a spatula so that the skin does not fold.

  Fry for 3-4 minutes until the skin is crispy and only then turn to the other side for another minute.

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  Serve:

  Place the fish on a bed of pea cream with the skin facing up (very important because otherwise the crispiness of the skin will be ruined) and sprinkle a few teaspoons of almond pesto on top.

  It can be served in individual plates or in a serving dish in the center of the table.

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