John Dory Fish With Potato, Onions And Lemon Recipe

How To Prepare John Dory Fish With Potato, Onions And Lemon?

Ingredients:

• 4 John Dory fillets

• 350 ml extra-virgin olive oil

• 6 (150gm each) small Desiree potatoes

• 8 garlic cloves, thinly sliced

• 2 white onions, thinly sliced

• 12 spring onions, white and light green part cut into 1cm pieces

• 300 ml white wine

• ¼ cup each loosely packed flat-leaf parsley and dill leaves, coarsely chopped, plus extra, to serve

• 100 ml lemon juice

• 500 ml fish stock

• Lemon wedges, to serve

Instructions:

1. Heat oil in a large deep-side frying pan or flameproof dish over medium heat. Add potatoes & cook, stirring gently, keeping the shape of the potatoes until translucent (10 minutes).
2. Scatter over garlic, onions & spring onions to cook, stirring gently until onions are translucent with no colour (5 minutes). Add wine & reduce by half (10 minutes). Stir in herbs with lemon juice & 500ml stock, bring to a simmer & season to taste. Cook potatoes until they begin to soften &edges start to brown (5 minutes).
3. Carefully remove half the potatoes with a slotted spoon. Place fish over remaining potato mixture, return potatoes & spread evenly & cook until fish is just cooked through (6-7 minutes), season to taste. Stand for 5 minutes before serving. Liquid should be thick like honey ⁠– if not, mash some potatoes & gently stir.
4. To serve, divide potato & fish between plates & spoon over some sauce. Scatter with extra chopped herbs & serve with lemon wedges.