Fish with chorizo and pesto

Serves: 4
Course: Main Course
Cooking Time: 0 hr 20 mins
Ingredients
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 80g mixed leaves (rocket, herbs, mustard leaf etc)
  • 25g roughly grated Parmesan
  • 80ml olive oil
  • Juice of ½ lemon
  • Black pepper and sea salt
  • 4 portions of cod, hake or pollock
  • 100g chorizo, thinly sliced
  • 2 x tins cooked cannellini or butter beans, drained and rinsed
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1 Preheat your oven to 200 degrees. Place the garlic, mixed leaves, Parmesan, olive oil and lemon juice into a blender or food processor. Mix till it forms a rough paste. Season to taste with plenty of black pepper and salt. It may need a little more lemon juice. Set aside.

2 Drizzle a little olive oil on a tray. Place the fish on top and season with salt and pepper. Arrange the slices of chorizo onto the fish. Cook in the oven for 12-15 minutes, until the fish is cooked through and the chorizo is crisp.

3 Meanwhile, place the beans with a few tablespoons of water into a small pan over a high heat. Once they're warm and the water has evaporated, stir through the pesto. Divide the beans between four plates and top with the fish.

Lilly Higgins

Lilly Higgins

Lilly Higgins, a contributor to The Irish Times, is a food writer