Seared pollack with pea & watercress purée

Seared pollack with pea & watercress purée

Often overlooked, this white fish is sustainable and reasonably priced - just the thing for a midweek fish supper

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Low-fat

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Roast the tomatoes for 10 minutes until slightly split. Cook the peas in boiling water, add the watercress for a second, then drain. Return to the pan and add the stock and spring onions. Season. Purée in a blender and warm through before serving.
  2. Dust the fish with a little cornflour, bat off any excess and season well. Heat a non-stick pan with 2 tsp olive oil and sear the fish for 2-3 minutes on each side. Thicker pieces may take longer, so add another minute. Serve the fish with the purée and cherry tomatoes.

Per serving

227 kcalories, protein 27.8g, carbohydrate 15.8g, fat 6.2 g, saturated fat 1.1g, fibre 6.1g, salt 0.53 g

Recipe from olive magazine, March 2010.

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  • 10 March 2010

    Ellie rated this recipe

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  • 22 March 2010

    laura.s rated this recipe

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  • 13 April 2010

    TheHalls rated and commented on this recipe

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    Very nice, we couldn't get Pollack from our local supermarket so substituted with cod instead. We also added a few new potatoes to go with it otherwise it is a little small.

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  • 14 April 2010

    RuthandTim rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    We made this using Monkfish. It is a lovely light dish but we found the watercress was wasted in the pea puree. In future the puree will be perfect with just pea and a little cream. Overall a very enjoyable dish.

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  • 15 April 2010

    LadyM rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    A lovely recipe. The pea puree was so delicious I am no longer allowed to serve mushy peas!!! Nice and healthy with healthy flavours

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  • 30 April 2010

    Julie rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Yummy. I did use Cod though as couldn't get pollock. Will be doing this again :-)

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  • 20 May 2010

    CC-B rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Found I needed a little olive oil as used frying pan, not griddle for fish. Also couldn't find pollack so used cod instead (half price at Tesco).

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  • 02 June 2010

    Lara rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Lovely flavours, I used cod instead of pollock and it was still great. The peas with watercress is amazing.

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  • 14 June 2010

    Carol H rated and commented on this recipe

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    I also used cod and added some new potatoes to the recipe. It was easy to make and delicious. The only problem was that the plate got a bit watery when the tomatoes were cut. Highly recommend this one!

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  • 21 June 2010

    Suki10 commented on this recipe

    The suggestion to use pollock or a sustainable fish, is kind of defeated by the fact you are all choosing to substitute with cod!!!

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  • 21 July 2010

    mptiger15 rated and commented on this recipe

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    Very nice indeed!! I used a hand full of basil instead of the watercrest and it worked very well with the tomatoes and I also cooked the oven roasted chips, DELICIOUS!

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    26 July 2010

    C x rated and commented on this recipe

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    Peas are absolutely lovely and go with anything........Yum!

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  • 03 August 2010

    ZoeLeanne rated and commented on this recipe

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    Absolutely gorgeous, added crushed new potatoes, perfect

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  • 21 August 2010

    Isy M commented on this recipe

    Try ling - a sustainable white fish, cheap and delicious!

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    01 September 2010

    Lau rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    delicious!!

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    02 September 2010

    Sez rated this recipe

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  • 09 January 2011

    KitKatty rated and commented on this recipe

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    This is a delicious dish! I add a few potatoes to it and used cod instead.

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  • 12 January 2011

    Jessieclay rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    A little bit bland

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  • 15 January 2011

    Clare rated this recipe

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  • 19 January 2011

    cupcake rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Added a few new potatoes after reading the comments and I think in the future I would have them instead of the tomatoes. Apart from that I found this really nice, especially the puree which was really tasty.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Low-fat

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Per serving

227 kcalories, protein 27.8g, carbohydrate 15.8g, fat 6.2 g, saturated fat 1.1g, fibre 6.1g, salt 0.53 g

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