Brill with baked pumpkin and kale and caper salsa

I’ve used brill for this weekend’s recipe as it’s a fish I find it impossible not to buy when available. The mineral flavour of this flat fish works so well with the sweet deeply roasted pumpkin.

Brill with baked pumpkin and kale and caper salsa

SERVES

4

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

20

MINUTES

COOKING TIME

50

MINUTES

Ingredients

  • For the baked pumpkin

  • 1 x medium squash or pumpkin

  • 3 tbsp golden rapeseed oil

  • 2 cloves garlic minced

  • 1 small bunch of sage, chopped

  • ¼ tsp freshly grated nutmeg

  • 1 pinch of white pepper

  • Sea salt to season

  • 2 tbs butter

  • For the brill

  • 4 large or 8 small fillets of brill (skin removed)

  • 1 tbsp golden rapeseed oil

  • Pinch of fine sea salt

  • For the salsa

  • 1 large handful of kale (washed, with stalks removed)

  • 1 tbsp capers, drained

  • 1 lemon, zest and juice

  • 1 tsp sherry vinegar

  • 3 tbsp golden rapeseed oil

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