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.
36K 20 4.3
Last modified on: September 4th 2016
Keywords for this recipe: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
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 12 min. | 11 min. | 23 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
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.
Pepper and salt on both sides.
Stage 2 - 2 min.
Cut 200 g cherry tomatoes in half and salt very lightly.
Stage 3 - 2 min.
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.
When really hot, add the halved cherry tomatoes and sauté for 1 or 2 minutes.
Stage 4
Set aside to keep hot.
Stage 5 - 3 min.
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.
Pour 3 tablespoons olive oil into a frying pan on high heat.
When hot, add the fish fillets and fry...
When hot, add the fish fillets and fry...
Stage 7
Stage 8 - 5 min.
Put a fillet of fish on each plate and add a row of sautéed tomatoes and a scoop of polenta.
Serve immediately.
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.
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.
Keeping
Should be eaten immediately.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,763 Kcal or 7,381 Kj | 138 gr | 44 gr | 165 gr |
| 88 % | 53 % | 4 % | 25 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 122 Kcal or 511 Kj | 10 gr | 3 gr | 11 gr |
| 6 % | 4 % | <1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 441 Kcal or 1,846 Kj | 35 gr | 11 gr | 41 gr |
| 22 % | 13 % | 1 % | 6 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 8.80 €
- Per person : 2.20 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Polenta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Taos hotpot, Polenta with Mont d'Or, Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, Curried polenta, Rata-tart, ... All |
 | Cherry tomatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Thin cherry tomato and pesto tart, ... All |
 | Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Roquefort sauce, Cervelle de Canut, The strange gratin, Creamy Winter Vegetable Soup, Broccoli savoury custard, ... All |
 | Grated cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Endives , Baker's pizza, Breton Pie, Spinach on toast with bechamel, Salmon and Spinach Gratin, ... All |
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