Blackened Sea Bream with Saffron Potato & Pappardelle Vegetable

An interesting Cajun Fish preparation made with the season’s Sea Bream served with golden potatoes and pappardelle vegetables giving you a gourmet meal at home.

An interesting Cajun Fish preparation made with the season’s Sea Bream served with golden potatoes and pappardelle vegetables giving you a gourmet meal at home.  

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Ingredients

Quantity
Sea beam fillet, skin on

2 nos

Clarified butter

2 tbsp
Baby potato

4 pcs

Saffron

Few strands
Green zucchini

1 pc

Yellow zucchini

1 pc
Parsley, chopped

1 tsp

Fish stock

300 ml
Flour

10 gm

Butter

20 gm
Salt

To taste

Micro cress

Few strands

For the Crust

Black peppercorn

1 tbsp
Fennel seeds

1 tbsp

Oregano dried

1 tsp
Thyme dried

1 tsp

Cayenne pepper

1 tsp
Lime zest

½ tsp

Garlic chopped

3 nos
Quinoa black

2 tbsp

Rock salt

1 tsp

Method of Preparation:

  • Toast the peppercorn and fennel seeds on a dry pan, Remove and crush them coarsely in a mortar. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well
  • Boil Baby potatoes and cut in half, Make ribbons of vegetables with a peeler or mandoline.
  • Pat dry the fish and brush with clarified butter. Coat the fish with the crust on both sides.
  • Heat a skillet to high and place the fish fillets on it. Pour some butter on the fish and let cook on both sides.
  • Toss the vegetable pappardelle with butter and parsley and season.
  • Heat butter in a pan add saffron strands and toss the baby potato in it.
  • In the same pan make a veloute with Flour butter and fish stock.
  • Plate the fish with the rest of the prepared accompaniments and serve.

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Chef Praveen Gopinath

Praveen is an accomplished culinary professional with over 20 years of hands-on experience in the various fields that include cruise lines, flight catering, hotels & resorts, all of which have made him versatile and unique.

When it comes to food Praveen has a passion that is second to none, as he simply  lives for food and continually works to attain nothing less than perfection.

Mentorship always played a big role in Praveen becoming a chef and so he joined ICCA Dubai, to pass on his knowledge & experience of his years in the industry with those coming in.


An interesting Cajun Fish preparation made with the season’s Sea Bream served with golden potatoes and pappardelle vegetables giving you a gourmet meal at home.

An interesting Cajun Fish preparation made with the season’s Sea Bream served with golden potatoes and pappardelle vegetables giving you a gourmet meal at home.  

Recipe Card

Ingredients

Quantity
Sea beam fillet, skin on

2 nos

Clarified butter

2 tbsp
Baby potato

4 pcs

Saffron

Few strands
Green zucchini

1 pc

Yellow zucchini

1 pc
Parsley, chopped

1 tsp

Fish stock

300 ml
Flour

10 gm

Butter

20 gm
Salt

To taste

Micro cress

Few strands

For the Crust

Black peppercorn

1 tbsp
Fennel seeds

1 tbsp

Oregano dried

1 tsp
Thyme dried

1 tsp

Cayenne pepper

1 tsp
Lime zest

½ tsp

Garlic chopped

3 nos
Quinoa black

2 tbsp

Rock salt

1 tsp

Method of Preparation:

  • Toast the peppercorn and fennel seeds on a dry pan, Remove and crush them coarsely in a mortar. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well
  • Boil Baby potatoes and cut in half, Make ribbons of vegetables with a peeler or mandoline.
  • Pat dry the fish and brush with clarified butter. Coat the fish with the crust on both sides.
  • Heat a skillet to high and place the fish fillets on it. Pour some butter on the fish and let cook on both sides.
  • Toss the vegetable pappardelle with butter and parsley and season.
  • Heat butter in a pan add saffron strands and toss the baby potato in it.
  • In the same pan make a veloute with Flour butter and fish stock.
  • Plate the fish with the rest of the prepared accompaniments and serve.

-

Chef Praveen Gopinath

Praveen is an accomplished culinary professional with over 20 years of hands-on experience in the various fields that include cruise lines, flight catering, hotels & resorts, all of which have made him versatile and unique.

When it comes to food Praveen has a passion that is second to none, as he simply  lives for food and continually works to attain nothing less than perfection.

Mentorship always played a big role in Praveen becoming a chef and so he joined ICCA Dubai, to pass on his knowledge & experience of his years in the industry with those coming in.


Blackened Sea Bream with Saffron Potato & Pappardelle Vegetable