….The big V-day is almost upon us and this year, Peter and I will be switching the fancy restaurants for a romantic night in.
They say a way to a man’s heart is through his stomach so this Valentine’s Day I’ll be getting saucy in the kitchen and cooking up a storm with the oh so tasty The Saucy Fish Co.
We both adore fish and seafood so for this Valentine’s we’ll be opting for our favourite fish, sea bass in a beurre blanc sauce. Delicious!
With Valentine’s Day falling on a Tuesday, I know I’ll be working and therefore cooking in the easiest way possible for this #mumboss, is key. This is why I’m such a huuuuuge fan of The Saucy Fish Co. – I love how they combine succulent fresh fish with a fuss-free, flavoursome sauce.
There is a huge range of fish and sauces to choose from including salmon with chilli, lime and ginger dressing, sea bream with sun blushed tomato dressing and squid & king prawns with chorizo, with a sherry and herb sauce. My mouth is watering just typing this! *emoji drool face.
I’ll be serving our sea bass dish with roasted garlic new potatoes on top of a bed of leeks, asparagus and petite pois. It’s so easy to prepare, I had to share my recipe below.
I hope you enjoy x
Ingredients (Serves 2)
- 1 x The Saucy Fish Co. sea bass with beurre blanc sauce
- 750g new potatoes, chopped
- Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
- a handful of fresh thyme
- 4 gloves of garlic
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 25g unsalted butter
- 2 leeks
- 200g asparagus
- 200g petite pois
- Handful of mint, chopped
- fresh lemon
Method
- Preheat the oven to 190°C
- Bring a pan of water to the boil and place the new potatoes in a pan. Leave to cook (parboil) for 5 minutes then drain.
- Place the potatoes in roasting tin alongside scattered sprigs of thyme and 4 whole cloves of garlic.
- Drizzle the olive oil over the potatoes, add some thyme and season with sea salt flakes and pepper. Place in the oven and leave to cook until crisp and golden for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, chop the leeks and asparagus (leaving the latter’s heads intact) into bite size cubes and leave to one side.
- Bring 100ml of water to a simmer in a saucepan and whisk in the unsalted butter, adding in the leeks once the butter has melted and leave to cook for 2 minutes.
- Add the asparagus, and peas and cook for a further 2 minutes. Once cooked remove from the heat and stir in the chopped mint.
- In a frying pan heat one 1 tbsp of olive oil in a pan and fry the sea bass fillets for 2-3 minutes on each side.
- Place the sachet of Saucy Fish Co. Beurre Blanc sauce in a mug of boiling water and leave to warm through for 3 minutes.
- Serve the sea bass atop a bed of asparagus, leeks and peas and pour the beurre blanc sauce over the fish fillet. Add a side of potatoes with a sprinkling of thyme for the final piece de resistance!
My husband likes 2 fillets but go with your appetite as to how many packs you’d purchase.
What a dreamy date meal.
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Happily Valentine’s Day!
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I cook fish quite often but I’ve never been a fan of salmon so need some encouragement towards that! Maybe the fishcakes would be a good re-introduction?
I’m comfortable with cooking salmon, so I’d love to receive something unusual like sea bass in beurre blanc sauce like in your post or sea bream with sunblushed tomato sauce.
The Sea Bass sounds lovely so much to choose from
Vintage Cheddar & Chive Sauce
i love sea bass so id say that is my favourite
but i wold eat all fish and make a mean fish pie
Smoked Haddock Fishcakes
Smoked haddock with vintage cheddar and chive sauce
salmon for me
Salmon, my favourite
The salmon and chilli
I would love to try the haddock fish cakes with the cheesy centre thank you 🙂
now my mouth is watering i really want to cook this for dinner tomorrow xx
Any fish! I love fish! Nom nom! xx
I love their WATERCRESS, ROCKET & CRÈME FRAICHE DRESSING with SALMON
Fishcakes
The Foil bake bag with squid and king prawns in chorizo, sherry and herb sauce looks pretty good x
Chilli, Lime and Ginger Salmon! Sounds lovely!
The Beurre Blanc dressing smashing with sea bass
I love the salmon with the chilli, lime & ginger dressing
WATERCRESS, ROCKET & CRÈME FRAICHE DRESSING
SPECTACULAR WITH SALMON
Would love some sea bass
In one hand perfection, the other selection.
I would choose the smoked haddock fishcakes.
BEURRE BLANC DRESSING SMASHING WITH SEA BASS
Salmon fillets and fish cakes
I love Salmon. So they Chilli, Lime and Ginger Dressing sounds absolutely divine.
The Vintage Cheddar & Chive Sauce sounds divine
SALMON & COD FISHCAKES WITH A HEAVENLY HOLLANDAISE CENTRE
I love the salmon fillet in sauces
I don’t have a “better half” etc so would treat my Dad to some fish-cakes and then me and Mum would have some salmon. As I’ve always wanted to try Sea Bass and it’s such a generous prize, I would order some of that as well. 🙂
The Vintage Cheddar & Chive Sauce looks lovely.
Salmon for my children as it’s their favourite.
some lovely sea bass
Sea Bass or Salmon tough decision 😀
The Seabass sounds lovely.
I love the salmon fillet in sauces – lovely!
so much to choose from
i love their cod and fischcakes 🙂 sooo yummy!!!
Fishcakes are Amazing
Salmon with chilli for me.
the seabass sounds devine
The seabass and the salmon with chilli sounds SOLE-ly yummy. Thanks for the chance xxx
I’d love their FOIL BAKE BAG SWEET CHILLI SAUCE SPECTACULAR WITH SALMON
I wouldnt know what to pick first but the vintage cheddar and chive sauce smoked haddock would be high on my list 🙂
I’d love some salmon for me & sea bass for my man
Their fish cakes are a favourite in our household.
Sea bass 🙂
The seabass sounds divine!
sea bass