Seafood Skewers with Lemon, Almond and Rocket Couscous www.roma.ie Ingredients For the Skewers: 8 large king prawns 8 squid tubes, cut 1 ½ cm rings 400g firm white fish fillets eg monkfish ½ tsp fennel seeds ½ tsp green pepper corns 2 small cloves garlic, finely crushed 5 tbsp olive oil 1 red chilli, minced For the Couscous: ½ bunch flat leaf parsley, roughly chopped 1 clove garlic, finely chopped 1 red chilli, finely chopped 50ml lemon juice 350 ml vegetable stock 350g couscous 2 lemons, sliced 40g almond flakes, toasted 3 tbsp olive oil A large bunch rocket leaves 2 tbsp chopped parsley Salt and pepper Lemon to serve Method For the skewers: Soak the skewers if you are using wooden ones to prevent them burning. Shell and de-vein the prawns, leaving the tails on and then cut the squid down the one side and into one and a half cm rings. Then place all fish in a bowl to start the marinade. To prepare the marinade, crush the fennel seeds and peppercorns in a pestle and mortar and add to the fish. Then add the chilli and garlic to the fish and allow it to marinade for about fifteen minutes. Thread the fish onto skewers, brush them with a little oil and place them on a hot grill pan or BBQ until fish is cooked on one side, perhaps about two or three minutes and then turn them over and cook for the same amount of time. For the couscous: In a dry frying pan, lightly brown the lemon slices and set them aside. In pour the oil into a second pan, and add the chilli, lemon juice and <b>…</b>
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