Name: Garfish with potato and caper salad and quick pickled cucumber
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 800 gm small sebago potatoes, sliced 5mm thick; 150 gm (½ cup) good-quality mayonnaise; 30 gm cornichons, coarsely chopped; 1½ tbsp salted baby capers, rinsed and drained; 2 golden shallots, finely chopped; 2 tbsp lemon juice, or to taste; 8 garfish, butterflied, head and tail intact; 2 lemons, halved lengthways and thinly sliced crossways; 30 ml olive oil; Quick pickled cucumber; 1½ Lebanese cucumbers, unpeeled, halved, seeds removed, thinly sliced; 2 tbsp white wine vinegar; 2 tsp caster sugar

Garfish with potato and caper salad and quick pickled cucumber

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for garfish with potato and caper salad and quick pickled cucumber.

Serves 4

Prep

15M

Cook

15M

Total

30M

Choose medium to large garfish for this recipe and ask your fishmonger to butterfly them for you, leaving the head and tail intact. King George whiting works equally well for this dish.

Ingredients

800 gm small sebago potatoes, sliced 5mm thick

150 gm (½ cup) good-quality mayonnaise

30 gm cornichons, coarsely chopped

1½ tbsp salted baby capers, rinsed and drained

2 golden shallots, finely chopped

2 tbsp lemon juice, or to taste

8 garfish, butterflied, head and tail intact

2 lemons, halved lengthways and thinly sliced crossways

30 ml olive oil

Quick pickled cucumber

1½ Lebanese cucumbers, unpeeled, halved, seeds removed, thinly sliced

2 tbsp white wine vinegar

2 tsp caster sugar

Method

Main

1.Combine potato in a saucepan with cold salted water, cover, bring to the boil over high heat. Uncover, cook until just tender (5-6 minutes), drain, transfer to a bowl. Combine mayonnaise, cornichons, capers, shallot and lemon juice in a separate bowl, season to taste, add to potato, toss to combine, set aside.

2.For quick pickled cucumber, combine cucumber and 1 tsp sea salt in a sieve, stand 10 minutes. Squeeze out liquid, combine in a non-reactive bowl with remaining ingredients, season to taste, set aside.

3.Preheat a char-grill over high heat. Season garfish cavities to taste, stuff with lemon slices, secure with kitchen string. Drizzle with oil, season to taste and char-grill, turning once, until golden and just cooked through (2-3 minutes each side). Serve hot with potato and caper salad and pickled cucumber.