Red Mullet
For 4 people. Preparation time: 20 min. Cooking time: 45 min.
Ingredients
- 2 filets of red mullet
- 1 large cucumber
- 1 aubergine — chopped and roasted
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 chilli
- 1 leek
- 1 shallot
- Garlic
- Rosemary
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180C
- Chop the aubergine into chunks place into an oven proof dish add some olive oil and some rosemary and put in the oven until soft —then puree in a food processor (don't make it too sloppy) — you may need to add a little oil
- Plunge the tomatoes into some boiling water for 1-2 mins and peel and chop them
- Add the tomatoes to the aubergine and mix with a fork
- Finely chop the shallot, garlic and chilli and leave to one side and gently sweat —add to the tomato and aubergine mixture —keep this warm
- Peel and cut the cucumber into 4 and put into a pan of boiling water for 30 seconds remove and leave to one side — when cool slice into two — length ways —remove the fleshy part and mix in with the stuffing
- Season and cook the fillets of fish
- Whilst the fish is cooking stuff the cucumbers with the aubergine mixture and place them on a serving dish —when the fish is cooked place the fillets on top of the cucumber
