Pesto & olive-crusted fish

Pesto & olive-crusted fish

A great way to pep up fish for a healthy, quick, mid-week meal.

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preperation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Low-fat

Method

  1. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Mix the pesto, lemon zest and olives together, then stir in the breadcrumbs.
  2. Lay the fish fillets on a baking tray, skinside down, then press the crumbs over the surface of each piece. Bake in the oven for 10-12 mins until the fish is cooked through and the crust is crisp and brown.
Try

Add colour

Whizz 2 tbsp red pesto with 3 sundried tomatoes in a food processor, then add 1 tbsp pine nuts. Combine with 85g breadcrumbs, then follow the rest of the recipe as above from step two.

Use chicken or lamb

This pesto crumb mixture is also a fantastic topping for chicken breasts or lamb chops.

Per serving

219 kcalories, protein 30g, carbohydrate 17g, fat 4 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 1g, salt 1.14 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2007.

Taste team comment

'This sounded tasty and quick. The finished result was fresh, moist and with well-balanced flavours.'

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  • 10 December 2007

    Trusty rated this recipe

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    04 February 2008

    liz commented on this recipe

    Very tasty, left the sun dried tomatoes chopped in stead of putting them in food processor. Good for fmily or dinner party. Very easy.

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  • 14 April 2008

    Rozi rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I didn't manage the Olives, but if you make your pesto from scratch then it really makes an easy main course. I have made it for numerous friends and they all love it!

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  • 18 May 2008

    lihayward rated and commented on this recipe

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    Worked very well. If your fish is quite big/thick, make sure you leave it in for a bit longer than 12 minutes though!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preperation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Low-fat

Different way with fish

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp green pesto
  • finely grated zest 1 lemon
  • 10 green olives , pitted and roughly chopped
  • 85g fresh breadcrumbs
  • 4 white fish fillets, such as cod or haddock
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Per serving

219 kcalories, protein 30g, carbohydrate 17g, fat 4 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 1g, salt 1.14 g

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