Name: Sea bass with pesto dressing
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 1
Ingredients: small handful fresh basil leaves; 1 tbsp pine nuts; 3 tbsp olive oil; 1 garlic clove; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 sea bass fillet; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 tomato, chopped; 1 tbsp pine nuts; 2 tbsp olive oil; 陆 lemon, zest and juice

Sea bass with pesto dressing

Preparation time

less than 30 mins

Cooking time

10 to 30 mins

Serves

Serves 1

By Alex Mackay

From Ready Steady Cook

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Preparation time

less than 30 mins

Cooking time

10 to 30 mins

Serves

Serves 1

Ingredients

For the pesto dressing

small handful fresh basil leaves
1 tbsp pine nuts
3 tbsp olive oil
1 garlic clove
salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the sea bass

1 tbsp olive oil
1 sea bass fillet
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tomato, chopped
1 tbsp pine nuts
2 tbsp olive oil
陆 lemon, zest and juice

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Method

For the pesto dressing, blend all the pesto dressing ingredients in a food processor to a coarse paste.
For the sea bass, heat the olive oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Fry the sea bass, skin-side down, for 3-4 minutes and season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Turn the sea bass fillet over and fry for a further 3-4 minutes, or until the skin is crisp and golden-brown and the fish is cooked through. Remove from the pan and set aside on a serving plate.
Mix the tomato, pine nuts, olive oil, lemon zest and juice in a bowl. Season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
To serve, spoon the tomato and pine nut mixture over the sea bas, then spoon over the pesto dressing.