Steaming

Spice Rubbed Sea Bass with Vegetables

Spice Rubbed Sea Bass with Vegetables

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Ingredients

  • 2 Sea Bass fillets
  • 1 Stick lemon grass, cut into 3 pieces and crushed

 

Spiced Rub

  • 2 tsp Pink peppercorns, ground
  • 1 tsp Sichuan pepper, ground
  • ½ tsp Coriander, ground
  • 2cm Piece ginger, finely chopped
  • ½ a Chilli, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp Fleur de sel (good quality sea salt flakes), crushed

 

Vegetables

  • 2 Small pak choi, separated into individual stems
  • 8 Small asparagus spears, woody ends removed
  • 50g Mangetout, trimmed
  • 50g Sugar snap peas, trimmed
  • 2 Red spring onions, trimmed & sliced into quarters lengthways

 

Coconut Emulsion

  • 160ml Coconut milk
  • Juice of 2 limes
  • 1 tbsp Malibu (optional)
  • ½ tsp Palm sugar
  • Sea salt, to taste

 

To Serve

  • 2 tbsp Coriander, chopped

Preparation

  1. In a small bowl mix all the spiced rub ingredients together. Generously rub over the sea bass fillets and set aside.
  2. In one end of the steaming tray place the crushed lemon grass. Place the spice rubbed sea bass on top of the lemon grass.
  3. At the other end of the steaming tray layer the vegetables beside the sea bass fillets.
  4. Set the timer for 5 minutes and press start.

 

Coconut Emulsion

  1. In a suitable bowl mix all the coconut emulsion ingredients and season to taste.

 

To Serve

  1. Arrange the steamed vegetables between 2 deep plates.
  2. Generously dress with the coconut emulsion.
  3. Place the sea bass fillets on top of each serving (discarding the lemon grass).
  4. Sprinkle with the chopped coriander.