Mediterranean Fish with Pearl Couscous Salad

Mediterranean Fish with Pearl Couscous Salad

Ready in 25 minutes Serves 4
This dish most recently appeared in Ready in 20 (3 Nights For 4) on Sunday, December 24, 2017.

The pearl couscous salad can be made ahead of time and stored, covered, the fridge until you are ready for dinner.


Ingredients

Pearl Couscous

  • 1 pack pearl couscous
  • ¼ teaspoon salt

Mediterranean Fish

  • 1 pack fish fillets
  • 2 tablespoons red pepper pesto

Salad

  • Remaining red pepper pesto
  • 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
  • Juice of ½ lemon
  • 1 punnet cherry tomatoes
  • 1 capsicum
  • 70g pitted green olives (optional, adults)
  • ½ bag baby spinach leaves
  • 1 courgette

To Serve

  • ½ lemon

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 200°C. Bring a full kettle to the boil. Line an oven tray with baking paper. Pour boiling water into a medium pot and bring to the boil with the lid on. Add pearl couscous and salt and cook for 12-14 minutes, until just tender. Drain well and return to pot with a drizzle of olive oil to prevent sticking.
  2. Pat fish dry and remove any remaining scales or bones. Place on prepared tray and season. Spread first measure of red pepper pesto evenly over fish. Bake for 6-8 minutes (depending on thickness), until just cooked through.
  3. While fish cooks, prepare salad. In a large bowl, mix together remaining red pepper pesto, mayonnaise and lemon juice.
  4. Cut cherry tomatoes in half; dice capscium 2cm; roughly chop olives (if using); roughly chop spinach; grate courgette. Add to bowl with dressing and set aside.
  5. Add cooked and drained couscous to salad and stir to combine. Season to taste. Cut remaining lemon into wedges and set aside.
  6. To serve, divide pearl couscous salad between plates and top with a piece of Mediterranean fish. Serve a lemon wedge on the side.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2560 kj
612 kcal
Protein 39.3g
Carbohydrate 69.3g
Fat 18.1g