Fried Pollock with a Curried Shellfish Mussel Sauce

CHEF

CHEF

Standard Supplier 9th April 2019
CHEF

CHEF

Standard Supplier

Fried Pollock with a Curried Shellfish Mussel Sauce

This colorful Pollock and mussels shellfish sauce has Indian inspired flavors and is quick enough for midweek, ready in under 30 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 1 pollock steak skin on
  • 1 shallot finely diced
  • 1 red chilli diced
  • 12 washed and de-bearded mussels
  • 75ml CHEF:registered: All Natural Shellfish Stock
  • 75ml CHEF:registered: All Natural Chicken Stock
  • 0.5 carrot ribbons
  • 0.5 courgette ribbons
  • 0.5 small leek, thinly sliced
  • 5 new potatoes
  • 50 ml double cream
  • 0.5 tsp ground cumin
  • 0.5 tsp turmeric
  • 0.5 tsp ground coriander
  • 0.5 tsp ground ginger
  • 0.5 tsp salt & pepper
  • 0.5 tsp flour
  • 1 tsp oil
  • 0.5 tablespoon lemon coriander
  • micro coriander to garnish

Method

Prep Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 15 minutes
Cook potatoes till tender
Sprinkle the flour onto the skin of the pollock and pan fry
Sweat shallots and diced chilli without colouring.
Add mussels and the CHEF All Natural shellfish stock and CHEF All Natural chicken stock and cover the pan with a lid. Remove the mussels from the pan.
In a separate pan sweat the vegetables without colour.
Add the curry spices and cook for a minute and then add the mussels cooking liquor and reduce by a third, add cream and reduce
Season and taste!

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