Name: Roast red mullet with zucchini agrodolce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 8 whole red mullet (about 175gm each), cleaned; 2 lemons, plus extra wedges, to serve; 60 ml extra-virgin olive oil (¼ cup); Zucchini agrodolce; 20 gm pine nuts; 2 tbsp sherry vinegar; 1½ tbsp caster sugar; 1 garlic clove, finely chopped; 2 tbsp olive oil; 2 zucchini, cut into julienne; ½ Spanish onion, thinly sliced; 30 gm currants

Roast red mullet with zucchini agrodolce

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for Roast red mullet with zucchini agrodolce

Serves 4

Prep

15M

Cook

10M

Total

25M

Ingredients

8 whole red mullet (about 175gm each), cleaned

2 lemons, plus extra wedges, to serve

60 ml extra-virgin olive oil (¼ cup)

Zucchini agrodolce

20 gm pine nuts

2 tbsp sherry vinegar

1½ tbsp caster sugar

1 garlic clove, finely chopped

2 tbsp olive oil

2 zucchini, cut into julienne

½ Spanish onion, thinly sliced

30 gm currants

Method

Main

1.For zucchini agrodolce, dry-roast pine nuts in a small frying pan over medium heat until golden (2-3 minutes), set aside. Bring vinegar and sugar to the simmer in a small saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring to dissolve sugar, add garlic, season to taste. Remove from heat, stand for 5 minutes, whisk in oil. Combine zucchini and onion in a separate bowl, pour over vinegar mixture, toss to combine, and refrigerate until cooled to room temperature (10 minutes).

2.Preheat oven to 220C. Score fish several times on each side and place in a roasting pan lined with baking paper. Halve one lemon lengthways, thinly slice widthways and stuff into fish cavities. Drizzle fish with oil and juice of one lemon, season to taste and roast until just cooked through (8-10 minutes).

3.Toss pine nuts and currants through zucchini agrodolce, season to taste and serve with roast red mullet and lemon wedges.

Styling by Emma Knowles

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