Recipes : Courgette & watercress salad with grilled fish & herbed aïoli

Courgette & watercress salad with grilled fish & herbed aïoli

Cooking fish and teaming it with salad is perfect for a summer's day, plus we'll show you a simple, quick way to make aïoli
  • about 12 baby courgettes
  • olive oil
  • 4 fillets white fish , skin on
  • juice 1⁄2 lemon
  • bunch mint , leaves picked
  • 100g bag watercress (or use rocket)

FOR THE HERB AIOLI

  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 fat garlic clove
  • 200ml mild olive oil
  • lemon juice , to taste
  • handful mixed soft herb (such as chives, parsley, mint, and dill) chopped, plus extra leaves to serve

Method

  1. Heat a griddle pan. Rub courgettes in 1 tsp oil, season, then griddle until just soft. Set aside while you make the aïoli. Whizz egg yolks in a processor with the mustard, garlic and plenty of salt. Gradually add the oil until thick, then season with lemon juice. You can make this with a stick blender (see Know-how, above right). It will keep for a day in the fridge.
  2. Season the fish. Heat a non-stick frying pan until very hot, add 1 tsp oil, then fry the fish, skin-side down, for 3 mins until crisp. Turn and fry the fish for just 30 secs-1 min more until it is cooked all the way through.
  3. To serve, fold the herbs into the aïoli. Whisk 1 tbsp oil with the lemon juice, season, then use to very lightly dress the courgettes, mint and watercress. Pile onto plates, top with fish plus a dollop of aïoli, then scatter with herbs.

Per serving

605 kcalories, protein 32g, carbohydrate 2g, fat 52 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 1g, sugar 2g, salt 0,37 g