• News
  • Sports
  • Finance
  • Lifestyle
  • Entertainment
  • Video
  • Travel
  • Cars
  • eBay
  • Jobs
  • Dating
  • Property
  • More sites
Make ninemsn your Homepage
Hot Topics:   Miranda Kerr Cudo: $22 for 3 Wireless bras!
  • Mobile
  • Messenger
  • Hotmail
recipes
  • Recipes
    Ingredients
    Avocado
    Banana
    Beef
    Chicken
    Lamb
    Great rice recipes
    Seafood
    Search all recipes
    Cuisines
    Asian
    French
    Greek
    Indian
    Italian
    Spanish
    Thai
    Cooking inspiration
    Categories
    Barbecue
    Budget
    Easy
    Coles & Curtis
    Healthy
    Kids
    Less than 15 mins
    Food in pictures
  • How to
    Tips & tricks
    Expert advice
    Cooking tips
    Alana's blog
    Pink Leopard blog
    French Connection
     
    How to bake bread
    Making fresh pasta
    Pancake perfection
    More tips
  • Family
    Everyday recipes
    Coles & Curtis
    Cooking with kids
    recipes+
    Delicious desserts
    Easy soups
    More family meals

    Great family recipes

  • Healthy eating
    Healthy recipes
    News & features
    Healthy choices
    Special diets
     
    Low fat recipes
    Vegetarian recipes
    Low carb recipes
    Aussie food
    More healthy tips
  • Entertaining
    Party planning
    Special occasions
    Wine & cocktails
    Summer entertaining
    Grill a celebrity
    Desserts to impress
    More entertaining

    Great summer punches

  • Cooking videos
  • Table talk

Delicious recipes

NINEMSN FOOD > Recipes > Delicious recipes
 

Sand whiting with saffron reduction

Recipe~Finder
Cooking time
Less than 60 minutes
Serves
4

Tools

Kitchen friendly view
Save this recipe
Print shopping list
Email this recipe
Conversion tool

Related recipes

Penne napolitano Penne napolitano
Green dressing Green dressing
Dorothy the Dinosaur cake Dorothy the Dinosaur cake
More delicious recipes
Sand whiting with saffron reduction

Ingredients

  • 200ml fish stock
  • pinch of saffron threads (about 8)
  • 1 bunch asparagus
  • 100g broad beans (shelled)
  • 100g fresh peas (shelled)
  • 12 mussels
  • 12 fillets of sand whiting (skin on)
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • sea salt, to taste
  • pepper, to taste
  • 3 tablespoons light olive oil
  • ½ cup of fresh breadcrumbs
  • 2 sprigs of chervil, finely chopped
  • 2 sprigs of parsley, finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon of fresh chopped chives

Preparation method

On the day before, bring the fish stock to the boil. Add the saffron threads, remove from heat and allow to infuse overnight in the fridge.

For the crispy herb crumbs, rub a tablespoon of the light olive oil into the breadcrumbs and spread as evenly as possible on a flat oven tray. Toast in a moderate oven until golden and crisp (3–4 minutes). Add the chopped chervil, parsley and chives, some sea salt and pepper and mix well.

To prepare the vegetables, trim or break the asparagus to remove the woody bases of the stalks. If the stalks are still long, you may want to cut the asparagus in half or thirds. Blanch the peas, beans and asparagus in boiling water; strain and refresh in iced water; and set aside.

Bring the saffron-infused stock to the boil in a pan which fits a steamer on top. Steam the mussels open over the boiling stock. Remove the mussel meat from 8 of the mussels, reserving 4 shells with meat for garnish.

For the fish, rub skin with sea salt and pepper. Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of light olive oil in a medium-hot pan. Place fillets skin-side-down in the pan. When cooked through (takes about 1 minute), turn the fillets and remove from heat straight away. Keep in a warm place.

Add the vegetables to the hot saffron reduction. Remove the saucepan from the heat and whisk in the tablespoon of butter in to the saffron vegetable mix. Add the mussel meat.

To serve, spoon the vegetables, mussel meat and saffron glaze onto four plates. Stack the whiting fillets on top (3 per plate). Garnish with a whole mussel on each plate. Sprinkle with crispy herb crumbs.

Also in this section

Penne napolitanoPenne napolitano Green dressingGreen dressing Dorothy the Dinosaur cakeDorothy the Dinosaur cake LaugenbrezelLaugenbrezel

More inspiration

Nine-year-old food critic grades her school lunchesNine-year-old food critic grades her school lunchesA nine-year-old school girl in Scotland has become a blogging sensation after posting reviews of her school lunches on the internet. Different ways to cook with riceDifferent ways to cook with riceRice is a staple in many countries and provides valuable carbohydrate and vitamins to the diet, especially brown rice. It is so versatile; it can be cooked and stir-fried, cooked and used as a base... Study reveals how to get kids to eat vegiesStudy reveals how to get kids to eat vegiesThe vegetable war might be won with a simple dinner-time trick according to new research – and it isn’t bribery or fancy sauces. Kids are apparently more likely to eat their greens if they only have...
Recipe finder
Advanced search options
Recipes A-Z Meal maker
advertisement
Get great recipes on your mobile wherever you are.

Follow us on twitter @ninemsnFood

Curtis Stone: how to cook beef rissolesCurtis Stone: how to cook beef rissoles Curtis Stone: how to cook soy and maple scotch filletCurtis Stone: how to cook soy and maple scotch fillet Curtis Stone: your guide to olive oilCurtis Stone: your guide to olive oil
 
Home grown: the easiest vegies to cultivateHome grown: the easiest vegies to cultivate Savoury sodas and meat water: a collection of the most unusual drinksSavoury sodas and meat water: a collection of the most unusual drinks
Awkward celebrity food commercialsAwkward celebrity food commercials
World's weirdest hamburgersWorld's weirdest hamburgers

Recipes How to Family Healthy eating Entertaining Cooking videos Table talk
Gourmet TravellerGourmet TravellerWin a $26K trip to Tahiti and LA!
  • News
  • Sports
  • Finance
  • Lifestyle
  • Entertainment
  • Video
  • Travel
  • Cars
  • eBay
  • Jobs
  • Dating
  • Property
  • More sites
  • About ninemsn
  • Careers at ninemsn
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
Other ninemsn businesses: iSelect RateCity msnNZ Cudo
© 1997-2012 ninemsn Pty Ltd - All rights reserved