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Red mullet with saffron baked orzo & broad beans

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Red mullet with saffron baked orzo & broad beans

Name: Red mullet with saffron baked orzo & broad beans
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 whole red mullet scaled and cleaned; pinch saffron; 2 tbsp olive oil; pinch of fennel seeds; 1 red onion finely sliced; handful of flat-leaf parsley stalks and leaves finely chopped; ½ lemon zested; ½ fennel bulb finely sliced; pinch dried red chilli flakes; 2 tbsp pine nuts; 2 tbsp golden sultanas; 150g orzo; 100ml fino sherry; 180g cherry tomatoes halved; 100g broad beans blanched and peeled; olive oil; 2 thyme sprigs; 2 slices of lemon halved

Rosie Birkett

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Serves 2 - 4

Easy

Prep: 25 mins

Cook: 40 mins

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Add a touch of luxury to a weekend meal with red mullet and saffron-tinted orzo pasta. Peel the broad beans, too, if you really want to wow dinner guests

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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2 whole red mullet

scaled and cleaned
pinch saffron
2 tbsp olive oil
pinch of fennel seeds
1 red onion

finely sliced
handful of flat-leaf parsley

stalks and leaves finely chopped
½ lemon

zested
½ fennel bulb

finely sliced
pinch dried red chilli

flakes
2 tbsp pine nuts
2 tbsp golden sultanas
150g orzo
100ml fino sherry
180g cherry tomatoes

halved
100g broad beans

blanched and peeled
olive oil
2 thyme

sprigs
2 slices of lemon

halved

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Nutrition: Per serving (4)

kcal713
fat30g
saturates3g
carbs59g
sugars33g
fibre12g
protein34g
salt0.4g

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and take the mullet out of the fridge to come up to room temperature. Boil a kettle and put the saffron in a small bowl. Pour over 1 tbsp boiling water and stir to release the colour and flavour.
step 2

Heat the olive oil in a non-stick frying pan over a medium-high heat. Add the fennel seeds, red onion, parsley stalks, lemon zest and fennel. Season, add the chilli and cook, stirring, for about 5 mins or until the fennel is taking on some colour. Add the pine nuts, sultanas and orzo and cook for a few more mins, then deglaze with the sherry and the saffron and its liquid. Cook for a couple of mins longer until the liquid has evaporated, then stir through the parsley leaves, tomatoes and beans and transfer to a lightly oiled roasting tin. Cover with 250ml boiling water and cook in the oven for 15 mins.
step 3

Preheat the grill. Season the fish inside and out and put the thyme and lemon inside. Rub with olive oil, place on a piece of baking parchment, then grill for about 3-4 mins on each side, depending on their size. Remove and rest. Once the pasta is ready, divide it between plates and top with the fish.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2017

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