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Pike-perch fillet on pumpkin and potato mash

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 650 g Hokkaido pumpkin(s)
  • 400 g potatoes
  • Iodized salt
  • 120 ml milk, low-fat, 1.5% fat
  • pepper
  • nutmeg
  • 2 tsp rapeseed oil
  • 800 g pike-perch fillet(s), raw, or fish of your choice
  • 1 tsp lime juice
  • 4 tsp low-fat butter
  • ½ bunch parsley

Instructions

Working time approx. 25 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 25 minutes; Total time approx. 50 minutes

Cut the pumpkin and potatoes into approximately 2 cm thick pieces and cook both in salted water for approximately 20 minutes. Drain and mash with a potato masher. Stir in the milk and season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Cover and keep the mashed potatoes warm. Heat the oil in a pan, then fry the zander fillets skin-side down for approximately 4 minutes, then turn them over and fry for another 2 minutes. Season with lime juice, salt, and pepper. Melt the butter in a saucepan until golden brown. Chop the parsley and add it to the hot butter. Arrange the zander fillets on top of the mashed potatoes and serve drizzled with parsley butter.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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