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Monkfish Tails with Caper Butter Sauce

Monkfish Tails with Caper Butter Sauce

Whole Monkfish tails at a little over £2 each in the discount fridge meant a bit of a treat last night. Probably a little over budget, but yesterdays meal was essentially all leftovers.

Monkfish wrapped in Smoked Streaky Bacon.

Ingredients:-

Smoked Streaky Bacon
Olive Oil
Fresh ground Black Pepper
Monkfish Tail

Method:-

(1) Lightly oil the Fish and grind Pepper over the top.
(2) Wrap the Bacon around the fish to make an enclosed package.
(4) Grill on high for 7 minutes on either side.

Caper Butter Sauce.

Ingredients:-
Ingredients:-
2 Shallots, finely chopped
2 Cloves of Garlic, minced
2 Tsp of Capers, slightly crushed
Zest and Juice of a Lemon
1 Tsp Dried Parsley / Savoury
1 Tsp Wholegrain Mustard
Butter
Salt & Pepper

Method:-

(1) Gently fry the Shallots in Butter until translucent.
(2) Add the Garlic and fry gently for a couple more minutes.
(3) Reserve a little Butter and add the remaining ingredients except the Parsley / Savoury.
(4) Simmer over a low heat for a couple of minutes.
(5) Stir in the remaining Butter and Parsley / Savoury and drizzle over the wrapped Monkfish.

We served ours with Buttered New Potatoes, Mange out, Baby Sweetcorn, Broccoli and griddled Vine Cherry Tomatoes. Server on a bed of wilted Spinnach.
 

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Black Pepper Beef Noodle Stir Fry recipe, eat well on universal credit

We had a ‘Lump of Rump’ Beef with which we made a slightly untraditional Beef Wellington on New Years Eve. I trimmed it into a suitable shape and the trimmings made the foundation for this dish.

Marinade Ingredients:-

Beef, cut into strips
1 Tbsp of Garlic Soy Sauce (Gluten free for us)
1 Tbsp of Ginger Soy Sauce (Gluten free for us)
1 Tsp of Chinese Five Spice
A few good \Grinds of Black Pepper

Stir Fry Ingredients:-

1 Red Onion, sliced
3 Cloves of Garlic, minced
1 Thumb of Ginger, julienned
1 Large Spring Onion, sliced
½ a Red Pepper, sliced
2 Green Chillies, chopped
8 Button Mushrooms, halved
8 Baby Sweetcorn, halved
1 Tbsp of Soy Sauce (Gluten free for us)
1 Tbsp of Oyster Sauce
1 Tbsp of Hendersons Relish
1 Tbsp of Shaoxing Wine
Black Pepper to season
Rice Noodles
A handful of Cashew Nuts
Oil to fry


Method:-

(1) Coat the Beef in the marinade ingredients and place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
(2) In a large frying pan of Wok add a little Oil and fry the Onions until softened.
(3) Add the Garlic, Ginger and Chillies.
(4) Continue to fry for a further 2 minutes.
(5) Add the Red Pepper, Sweetcorn, Mushrooms and Spring Onions.
(6) Add the Soy Sauce, Oyster Sauce, Hendersons Relish, Shaoxing Wine and stir well.
(7) Add the Cashew Nuts and season with Black Pepper.
(8) Add the Beef and it’s marinade,stir in and continue to fry over a reduced heat.
(9) Cook the noodles according to the packet instructions.
(10) Drain and add to the stir fry.
(11) Combine well and serve.

We garnished ours with sliced Chillies and Spring Onions. This might not be a traditional recipe but it was really tasty and a great way to use the Beef trimmings.

 

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