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RECIPE

Red mullet with herb, fennel and pomelo salad

This fresh summery dish is perfect for a summer dinner - with a glass of chilled wine. If you can’t find red mullet use small sea bass fillets.

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  • place PRE 15 mins
  • place COOK 30 mins
  • place SERVES 6
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You can make this ahead and leave the fish to marinate from 15 minutes up to 2 hours. Allow at least 15 minutes to cook and serve. 

  • For the fish: skewer the fillets from tail to top, creating a semi-circle with the skin outwards. Place in a plastic container.
  • Prepare the marinade: mix the chopped herbs, olive oil and seasoning and pour over the fish, Cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes to 2 hours.
  • For the salad: Heat a griddle pan until extremely hot, sear the sliced fennel both sides, allow to cool.
  • Combine all remaining the salad ingredients in a large bowl — leaving out the fennel.
  • Combine the dressing ingredients in a second bowl.
  • Preheat an oven to 250°C (or you can use the piping hot griddle or BBQ — they must be very hot or the fish will stick.)
  • Line a baking tray with silicone parchment paper, arrange the skewers on the tray on their sides.
  • Bake for 15 minutes.
  • To complete the dish: Arrange the fennel over the serving dish making sure it covers the plate.
  • Pour the dressing over the mixed salad then arrange this over the fennel. Keep a handful of the goodies from the bottom of the bowl - the cherries, chilli, pomelo etc, to scatter over the finished dish.
  • Arrange the fish on top of the salad.
  • Drizzle with yoghurt and sprinkle the reserved salad goodies on top.
  • Garnish with a drizzle of yoghurt and a sprinkle of sumac.
Ingredients

Fish

12 red mullet fillets, skin on

25g mixed leaves of parsley, mint, tarragon and coriander, finely chopped

3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Salt and pepper

12 bamboo skewers, soaked for 30 minutes

Salad

2 fennel bulbs, sliced horizontally as thin as possible

25g each of parsley, coriander and mint, leaves only

10g tarragon, leaves only

300g baby spinach

1 bunch chopped spring onions

6 Lebanese cucumbers, sliced to rings

1 red onion, halved and thinly sliced into half moons

1 pomelo, peeled and sliced to 2cm cubes

100g sour cherries

2 red chilli, thinly sliced

Dressing

2 limes, juice only

1 tbsp red wine vinegar

1 tbsp honey

3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

To serve:

Sumac

Greek yoghurt

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