Spice Crusted Sole with Yogurt Sauce
Dress up simple white fish with a set of aromatic spices that do not add heat so a delicate wine will be a great accompaniment.
Ingredients
- Yoghurt Sauce ·
- Greek style natural yogurt · 8 ounces
- Herbies Coriander Leaf ~ Cilantro · 2 tablespoons
- int jelly or thick mint sauce · 1 tablespoon
- Fish ·
- Herbies Coriander Seed, whole · 2 teaspoons
- Herbies Cumin Seed, whole · 1 teaspoon
- Herbies Celery Seed, whole · 1/2 teaspoon
- Sole fillets · 1 1/2 pound
- Butter · 2 tablespoons
- salt · 1 teaspoon
- Butternut, peeled, seeded, cut into 1/2 inch cubes · 1 pound
- Herbies Pepper Black Asta, ground · 1/2 teaspoon
Instructions
- Combine the Yoghurt Sauce ingredients.
- Make sure the Butternut squash or pumpkin is peeled, seeded, cut into 1 inch cubes.
- Cook the pumpkin in a saucepan of salted boiling water over high heat for 5 to 7 minutes or until just tender, but still firm.
- Meanwhile, combine the spices and sprinkle over both sides of the fish pressing into the flesh with your fingers.
- Melt the butter in a large frying pan over medium high heat and cook the fish for about two minutes each side (more if it’s very thick) then transfer to a warm plate.
- Drain the pumpkin, increase the heat under the frying pan to high add the pumpkin and toss quickly for a minute or two so that it becomes coated in the residual spices in the pan.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper before serving the yogurt sauce
- Serve the fish with the spiced pumpkin and a generous dollop of yogurt sauce.
Captivate Chardonnay
Chardonnay from Vineyard II
Caress Cuvée Blanc
Caress Cuvée Blanc, as blended by Bill, is a White Châteauneuf-du-Pape, with a magnificent nose and delicious full mouth feel - an incredible breadth and depth of aroma and taste.
Chantilly Chardonnay
Chantilly, from the second Chardonnay vineyard of the Home Ranch Estate is Bill's focus on the light gold colored old-world Chablis wines.
Frisky Riesling
Frisky by nature, a dry Riesling in the traditional style of Alsace or Clare Valley.
Relish Roussanne
Relish is a limited production single-varietal Roussanne wine from a single vineyard.
Celery Seed, whole
Celery seeds are small, pale-khaki seeds with a strong bitter taste that lifts the flavor of foods.
Coriander Leaf ~ Cilantro
Widely used in Mexican, Caribbean and Asian cooking, Cilantro leaves look a bit like flat Italian parsley. It is actually the leaves (and stems) of the Coriander plant.
Coriander Seed, whole Australian 25g
Coriander leaves have a distinct, clean, appetizing taste which is most often associated with Thai and other Asian cooking.
Cumin Seed, whole 45g
Whole Cumin seeds are delicious when dry-roasted in a pan and added to Indian dishes.
