Recipe for Roasted white fish wrapped in bacon with lemon mayonnaise sauce

March 13, 2008

Dear Ms. Helen Estrellado, Leng, JMoM and Girlie, my apology for the recipe delayed. Like I explained on my previous entry, blogging was the last thing in my mind the past days because of a death in the family. But I am back and I hope you like this fish recipe.

Serves 4

• 4x 200g/ 7oz white fish fillets, cut 2.5 cm/ 1inch thick
• 2 sprigs fresh rosemary, leaves picked and chopped finely
• zest and juice of lemons
• ground black pepper
• 16 rashers of thinly sliced smoked streaky bacon or pancetta
• 6 tbsp mayonnaise ( I used commercial)
• string beans
• olive oil

Method: Preheat the oven to 200C. Season the fish fillets with the rosemary, finely grated lemon zest, bee careful not to scrape the white part and pepper. Noticed that there was no salt on the ingredients, because the bacon will provide the saltness. Take a piece or two of bacon/pancetta, lay flat on a board then placed a fish on top and wrap them with bacon/pancetta. Do this to all fish pieces.

Lightly heat a large frying pan (better if you have an ovenproof one) , add a splash of olive and lay your fish. Fry for a minute per side then place the fish pieces to an ovenproof dish (or if you use an oven proof pan, no need to transfer the pieces ) place in the heated oven for 10-12 minutes…depends on the fish thickness, just until the bacon is crisp and golden.

Place the mayonnaise in a bowl and squeeze in some lemon juice. Add pepper. While doing this, taste your sauce until you achieve your taste. Set aside. In a pan with boiling water, quickly blanch the beans and then transfer to a bowl of iced water to stop them from cooking. Drain then set aside.

The original recipe of Jamie Oliver was with asparagus but since it wasn’t in season, I used beans. But if you can find asparagus, you can either boil or steam them.

I hope you like the recipe, let me know?

Enjoy Your Meal!

Posted in Jamie Oliver, seafood