Fried Pike Perch Mediterranean Style

1 serving

50 minutes

Chef Alexey Yashaev shared the recipe with us.

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 901.2
• Proteins: 41.9g
• Fats: 70.8g
• Carbohydrates: 12.9g

Ingredients

• Pike perch fillet: 1 pc
• Garlic: 1 clove
• Butter: 80 g
• Parsley: 10 g
• White wine: 50 ml
• Capers: 30 g
• Olives: 30 g
• Shallots: 1 pc
• Cherry tomatoes: 60 g
• Vegetable oil: to taste
• Ground black pepper: to taste
• Thyme: to taste

Cooking steps

1. Clean the pike perch fillet from bones, leaving the skin on.

   Required ingredients:

   • Pike perch fillet: 1 piece

2. Heat vegetable oil in a pan.

   Required ingredients:

   • Vegetable oil:  to taste

3. Place the fillet skin side down, season with salt and pepper, and add thyme.

   Required ingredients:

   • Pike perch fillet: 1 piece
   • Ground black pepper:  to taste
   • Thyme:  to taste

4. Fry the fillet in a pan under a press until cooked.

5. Finely chop shallots, garlic, capers, olives.

   Required ingredients:

   • Shallots: 1 piece
   • Garlic: 1 clove
   • Capers: 30 g
   • Olives: 30 g

6. In another pan, sauté shallots, garlic, capers, and olives in vegetable oil for 5 minutes.

   Required ingredients:

   • Vegetable oil:  to taste
   • Shallots: 1 piece
   • Garlic: 1 clove
   • Capers: 30 g
   • Olives: 30 g

7. Pour in white wine, reduce the heat, and simmer until the wine evaporates.

   Required ingredients:

   • White wine: 50 ml

8. Add butter, cherry tomatoes, and chopped parsley.

   Required ingredients:

   • Butter: 80 g
   • Cherry tomatoes: 60 g
   • Parsley: 10 g

9. Place the pike perch skin side up in the resulting sauce and simmer for 2 minutes until an oily emulsion forms.

   Required ingredients:

   • Pike perch fillet: 1 piece

10. Place on a plate, garnish (for example, with mussels, capers) and serve.