15 Minute Monday – Daily Gluttony

Asian steamed sea bream with spring onion and ginger uses the bright flavours of Asia to make this fast, fresh midweek dinner irresistible!

Ingredients

2 x 150g bream fillets
2 tbs light soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
1/2 tsp caster sugar
1 tbs rice vinegar
3cm piece ginger, finely shredded
1 each long red and green chilli, seeds removed, thinly sliced
6 spring onions, finely shredded
Coriander leaves and steamed rice, to serve

Method

Place a plate inside a bamboo steamer and lay the fish, skin-side down, on the plate. Place the soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar and vinegar in a bowl and stir to combine, then pour over the fish. Scatter the ginger, chilli and half the spring onion over the fish. Set the steamer over a large saucepan or wok of simmering water and cover with the lid. Steam for 6 minutes or until the fish is opaque and just cooked.
Garnish the fish with coriander and remaining spring onion, then drizzle over the cooking juices and serve with rice.

Enjoy!

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This weeks DELICIOUS bad boy comes from none other than ~~my good friend~~ Jamie Oliver, the undisputed King of all things quick, wholesome and delicious!

Ingredients

For the briks
1-2 preserved lemons
2 spring onions
½ a bunch of fresh coriander
400 g pot-caught crabmeat (a mixture of brown & white meat), from sustainable sources – of course!
2 teaspoons harissa, plus extra to serve
4 large sheets of filo pastry
olive oil
For the salad
½ teaspoon caraway seeds
½ a mug (150g) couscous
2 teaspoons sun-dried tomato purée
½ a bulb of fennel
½ a bunch of fresh mint
1 lemon
extra virgin olive oil
1 pomegranate
For the salsa
1 large ripe tomato
1 thumb-sized piece of ginger
½ a lemon
To serve
fat-free natural yoghurt

Method

Ingredients out • Kettle boiled • Large frying pan, medium heat • Food processor (coarse grater)

START COOKING
Finely chop the preserved lemons, trimmed spring onions and coriander (stalks and all) • Mix in a bowl with the crabmeat and harissa • Lay out a sheet of filo pastry, add ¼ of the mixture and shape into the size of a packet of playing cards at the centre of the bottom of the sheet, then push your thumb into the centre of the filling to make a space for it to expand as it cooks • Fold in the sides, then fold them up • Repeat until you have 4 briks • Put 1 tablespoon of olive oil into the pan, then add the briks and cook until golden and crisp on both sides • Add the caraway seeds to the side of the pan and toast for a minute, then scrape into a salad bowl

Put ½ a mug of couscous, 1 mug of boiling water, the tomato purée and a pinch of salt into a bowl and cover • Pick and reserve the fennel tops, then roughly chop and grate the bulb in the processor • Tip into the salad bowl, then chop and add the top leafy half of the mint • Squeeze in the lemon juice and drizzle with 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil • Season to taste and toss everything together

Finely grate the tomato and ginger into a little bowl • Add a pinch of salt and pepper, a good squeeze of lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil and mix together • Fluff up the couscous, then tip on to a platter • Pile the salad in the middle, then bash the halved pomegranate over the top so the seeds tumble out • Scatter over the reserved fennel tops, pop the crab briks on a board and serve with dollops of yoghurt and the salsa

Source: http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/seafood-recipes/crackin-crab-briks-with-couscous-salad-salsa

Enjoy!