Pan-fried fish with lemon-cream sauce & capers

Pan-fried fish with lemon-cream sauce & capers

Recipe type: Fish, Dinner,

Prep time:  5 mins

Cook time:  15 mins

Total time:  20 mins

Serves: 4

 

Ingredients

for the lemon-cream sauce

• 1 cup cream
• juice and zest of 2 lemons
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• salt & pepper to taste

for the fish

• 4 fish fillets (I used fresh hake)
• ¾ cup flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons seasoning spice of your choice (I used a fish spice)

to serve

• capers
• steamed asparagus
• fresh bread

Instructions

1. To make the sauce, combine all the ingredients in a small saucepan and allow to simmer for 10 minutes until reduced slightly.
2. For the fish, combine the flour, salt & seasoning spice and coat the fish fillets thoroughly.
3. Fry the fish in a hot pan (in a little vegetable oil, skin-side down first) until golden brown then carefully flip over and fry for another 4-5 minutes until the fish is cooked through and golden brown.
4. Serve the cooked fish with the sauce, capers, asparagus & fresh bread.