Snapper saltimbocca with crispy polenta chips
Prep
10m
Cook
30m
serves
4
Snapper saltimbocca with crispy polenta chips
The crispy polenta chips take this dish from mid-week meh to total crowd-pleaser.
Ingredients (10)
- 20 fresh sage leaves
- 4 x 150g skinless snapper fillets
- 8 flat pancetta slices
- 50g chilled unsalted butter, chopped
- Lemon juice and salad leaves, to serve
Polenta chips
- 100g polenta
- 25g butter
- 2/3 cup (50g) finely grated parmesan
- 2 tbs chopped flat-leaf parsley
- Sunflower oil, to shallow-fry
Method
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1.For the polenta chips, grease and line a 19cm x 25cm roasting pan with baking paper, allowing a 2cm overhang. Place 600ml water in a saucepan and bring to the boil, then reduce heat to low. Stir in polenta in a slow, steady stream, then cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat and stir in butter, parmesan and parsley. Season, then spoon into the pan and smooth the surface. Chill for 1 hour or until set.
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2.Preheat the oven to 150°C. Tip the polenta onto a board and cut in half lengthways, then cut each half into 12 chips. Heat 1cm sunflower oil in a large frypan over medium heat. In batches, fry the polenta chips, turning, for 3 minutes or until golden and crisp. Drain on paper towel and keep warm in the oven.
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3.Meanwhile, place 2 sage leaves on each fish fillet, then wrap 2 pancetta slices around each one. Melt 25g butter in a large frypan over high heat until foaming, then add the fish and cook for 2 minutes each side or until golden and just cooked. Transfer to a plate and rest for 5 minutes.
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4.Return pan to medium-high heat. Add the remaining 25g butter and 12 sage leaves, and cook for 2 minutes or until the leaves are crisp.
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5.Squeeze lemon juice over the snapper and drizzle over the sage butter, then serve with polenta chips and salad.
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