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Firied fillet of sea bream with polenta

A fillet of blackspot sea bream (though you can use another fish), fried rapidly and served with a creamy cheese polenta and sautéed cherry tomatoes.

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Last modified on: September 4^th 2016

For 4 people, you will need:

1 4 fillets fish
2 200 g cherry tomatoes
3 3 tablespoons olive oil
4 400 g Polenta
5 100 ml liquid cream
6 50 g grated cheese
7 3 tablespoons olive oil
8 salt
9 pepper
Total weight: 1,440 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
12 min.	11 min.	23 min.

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Should be eaten immediately

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Firied fillet of sea bream with polenta : Photo of step #1

Ask your fishmonger to prepare the fish fillets for you. Rinse them thoroughly, dry them and be sure to remove any remaining bones.

Pepper and salt on both sides.

Stage 2 - 2 min.

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Cut 200 g cherry tomatoes in half and salt very lightly.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

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Pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into a frying pan on medium heat.

When really hot, add the halved cherry tomatoes and sauté for 1 or 2 minutes.

Stage 4

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Set aside to keep hot.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

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Prepare 400 g polenta. While still hot, incorporate 100 ml liquid cream, then add 50 g grated cheese.Check the seasoning.

Stage 6 - 6 min.

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Pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into a frying pan on high heat.

When hot, add the fish fillets and fry...

Stage 7

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...on both sides.

Heat the plates.

Stage 8 - 5 min.

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Put a fillet of fish on each plate and add a row of sautéed tomatoes and a scoop of polenta.

Serve immediately.

Remarks

It's not essential to use sea bream, you can use any good fish that's in season.

If you don't have cherry tomatoes, use larger tomatoes sliced.

For the cheese in the polenta, I recommend (as usual!) Comté, but any other cheese you like will work just fine.

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 11.23 €
Per person : 2.81 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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Source

Home made.

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Polenta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rata-tart, Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, Taos hotpot, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate mousse with hazelnuts, Penne with Mushrooms, Chocolate sauce, Tatin apples with mascarpone cream, Tandoori-flavoured chicken with leeks, ... All
	Grated cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Vegetable clafoutis, Oxtail Parmentier, French onion soup, Ham pasta bake, Stuffed cabbage leaves, ... All

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