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Grilled Monkfish & Vegetables

Grilled Monkfish

Serves: 4
Cook Technique: Grill
Difficulty: Medium
Cooks in: 10-15 minutes
Source: Faroese Seafood

Ingredients

  • 2 fillets of monkfish
  • 6 sprigs of fresh rosemary
  • 2 large potatoes (pre-boiled)
  • 1 zucchini
  • 1 eggplant
  • 1 red bell pepper
  • 8 large ripe cherry tomatoes
  • 8-10 green asparagus
  • 4 medium size carrots (pre-boiled)
  • 1-2 cloves of garlic
  • 200 ml. of sour cream 36%
  • 1 large tablespoon of whole grain mustard
  • A small handful parsley, chopped
  • 1 organic lemon – both zest and juice
  • Salt
  • Olive oil

Instructions

  • Boil the potatoes and carrots first
  • Heat up the grill.
  • Tie the monkfish fillets and rosemary sprigs together with string. Two sprigs per fillet. Save two rosemary sprigs for the vegetables.
  • Rub olive oil and a drizzle of salt onto the fish and let it marinate while you chop the vegetables.
  • Cut the potatoes in half and leave the skin on. Cut the bell pepper into quarters, take out the core and seeds. Cut the zucchini and eggplant into thick slices 1-2 cm thick, so their cooking time is the same as the monkfish fillets.
  • Snap off the hard woody ends of the asparagus. Cut the carrots in half. The cherry tomatoes do not need any chopping.
  • Put the vegetables into a bowl. Peel the leaves off the rosemary sprigs, chop the rosemary and garlic, and add it to the vegetables. Add salt and olive oil and the zest of a lemon and mix, so the vegetable are coated.
  • Place the fillets and vegetables on the grill and put the lid on. Turn after a few minutes. They will only need around 5 minutes on each side. Brush the fish and vegetables with olive oil while grilling; this will add juiciness.
  • After grilling, let the fish rest for a few minutes while making the sauce. Finely chop the parsley. Mix the parsley, mustard, juice of a lemon and a pinch of salt into the sour cream.
  • Remove the string and the rosemary sprigs from the fillets and cut the fillets in half. Plate the monkfish with the vegetables and a nice big dollop of the sauce, and drizzle with a bit of olive oil.