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Pike perch steak with cauliflower and curry sauce

4 servings

45 minutes

Recipe from Carlo Grecu, chef of the Reef restaurant.

Pike perch steak with cauliflower and curry sauce
Energy value per serving
Calories
884.7kcal
Proteins
51.5grams
Fats
57grams
Carbohydrates
44.2grams
Cooking steps
  • 1

    Cut the cauliflower head into steaks about 2 cm thick.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Cauliflower: 1 piece
  • 2

    Blanch cauliflower steaks in boiling salted water for 5 minutes. Dry on paper towels and transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Cauliflower: 1 piece
    2. Salt: 1 g
  • 3

    In a bowl, combine olive oil, sesame oil, dry curry spice and whisk until smooth.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Olive oil: 40 ml
    2. Sesame oil: 20 ml
    3. Curry powder: 10 g
  • 4

    Use a brush to coat the cabbage steaks with the resulting mixture.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Olive oil: 40 ml
    2. Sesame oil: 20 ml
    3. Curry powder: 10 g
  • 5

    Bake cabbage steaks in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 5 minutes.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Cauliflower: 1 piece
  • 6

    Prepare curry sauce. Pour coconut milk, condensed milk, cream, curry paste, and lemon juice into a saucepan. Mix well and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Coconut milk: 200 ml
    2. Condensed milk: 100 g
    3. Whipping cream 33%: 100 ml
    4. Curry paste: 15 g
    5. Lemon juice: 20 ml
  • 7

    Make several cuts on the skin of the pike perch steaks to prevent them from deforming while frying.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Pike-perch (zander) fillet: 4 pieces
  • 8

    In a deep skillet, heat some olive oil and add garlic, rosemary, and thyme. After about a minute, when the spices release their aroma, place the pike perch steaks skin-side down in the skillet. Fry for about 3-4 minutes; once the flesh of the steak turns white, flip it and fry for another couple of minutes until the fish is cooked but not dried out.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Olive oil: 40 ml
    2. Garlic: 1 clove
    3. Rosemary: 1 sprig
    4. Thyme: 1 sprig
    5. Pike-perch (zander) fillet: 4 pieces
  • 9

    Add curry sauce to the fish, bring it to a boil, and then remove from heat.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Curry sauce: 300 g
  • 10

    Pour a puddle of curry sauce into the plates, place the cabbage steak on top, and then the pike perch steak. Sprinkle with chopped pistachios.

    Required ingredients:
    1. Curry sauce: 300 g
    2. Cauliflower: 1 piece
    3. Pike-perch (zander) fillet: 4 pieces
    4. Pistachios: 30 g