Yellowtail with chilli, basil
and cashew nut sauce.
Pasella cooked with Bes October from The Black Oystercatcher restaurant
near Elim where we made this delicious yellowtail dish.
Serves 4-6
2 T finely chopped garlic
2 large red chillies, finely chopped
2 T olive oil
2 T soft brown sugar
3 T fish sauce
2 t lemon juice
1 fresh yellowtail, cleaned
salt and pepper, to taste
1 leek, chopped
1 c cashew nuts, chopped
handful basil leaves, torn
Sauté the garlic and chilli in the olive oil. Add the sugar, fish sauce and
lemon juice and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Flavour the yellowtail with
salt and pepper and braai over coals or in hot butter, till cooked. Sauté the
leeks in a little more oil until brown and add cashew nuts. Remove from
heat and stir in basil.Serve the fish with the sauce, sprinkled with the nut
mixture, and a side salad.
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Geelstert met rissie, basiliekruid en
kassjoeneutsous
Bes October van The Black Oystercatcher kook vir Pasella.
(Bedien 4-6)
2 e knoffel, fyngekap
2 groot rooi rissies, fyngekap
2 e olyfolie
2 e sagte bruinsuiker
3 e vissous
2 t suurlemoensap
1 vars geelstert, skoongemaak
sout en peper, na smaak
1 prei, gekap
1 k kasjoeneute, gekap
handvol basiliekruid, geskeur
Sous: braai die knoffel en rooi rissies in die olyfolie. Voeg die suiker,
vissous en suurlemoensap by en roer tot die suiker opgelos is. Vis:
geur met sout en peper en braai op kole of in ‘n pan met botter, tot
gaar. Braai intussen die preie in ‘n bietjie olie tot bruin en voeg neute
by. Verwyder van hitte en meng basiliekruid by. Bedien die vis met
die sous en besprinkel met die neutmengsel. Sit voor met vars slaai.
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