Spice-rubbed haddock fillets on orange & parsley couscous

Spice-rubbed haddock fillets on orange & parsley couscous

Superhealthy and low in salt

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Super healthy

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to fan 170C/ conventional 190C/ gas 5. Rub the haddock fillets with the spice blend and set aside. Put the couscous into a large heatproof bowl. Pour over 500ml/18fl oz of boiling water and leave to soak for 5 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a frying pan and cook the onion gently for 5 minutes, until it's soft and golden. Remove from the heat and stir in the pine nuts and sultanas.
  3. Fluff up the couscous with a fork, then add the onion mixture, orange zest and juice, and half the parsley. Stir together thoroughly and season with black pepper. Tip into a roasting tray and level the surface.
  4. Arrange the fish fillets on top of the couscous. Cover loosely with a large piece of foil. Bake for 15-20 minutes, by which time the fish should be cooked - it depends on the thickness of the fillets. To check, the flesh should look opaque and flake easily when prodded with a fork. Serve at once, sprinkled with the remaining parsley.

PER SERVING

567 kcalories, protein 42.0g, carbohydrate 66.0g, fat 16.0 g, saturated fat 5.0g, fibre 1.5g, salt 0.34 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2004.

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  • 19 June 2010

    Barbarajane commented on this recipe

    This is really good. A bit too much couscous, and I added some halved cherry tomatoes into the couscous, which added to the overall effect. 10/10!

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  • 16 December 2012

    Mentramore rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    Very disappointing. I'd bought some nice haddock and was looking for a very tasty way to cook it. The couscous was quite nice but the fish was like bread smeared with mustard - yes I taste bread and yes I taste mustard - but the spices just didn't meld with the fish.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 25 mins

Super healthy

There’s lots of flavour input from the spices, herbs and orange juice in this tasty fish dish, so there’s no need to add any salt.

Ingredients

  • 4x175-200g/6-7oz haddock fillets
  • 2 tbsp Ras-El-Hanout spice blend
  • 400g couscous
  • 25g unsalted butter
  • 1 large onion , finely chopped
  • 50g pine nuts
  • 50g sultanas
  • finely grated zest and juice 1 large orange
  • small handful flatleaf parsley , chopped
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PER SERVING

567 kcalories, protein 42.0g, carbohydrate 66.0g, fat 16.0 g, saturated fat 5.0g, fibre 1.5g, salt 0.34 g

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