Snapper saltimbocca with crispy polenta chips

Prep
10m
Cook
30m
serves
4
Snapper saltimbocca with crispy polenta chips
Snapper saltimbocca with crispy polenta chips
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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 5.
    Squeeze lemon juice over the snapper and drizzle over the sage butter, then serve with polenta chips and salad.
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