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Fish with Lemon Butter & Potatoes
Tender fish fillets baked in a rich lemon-garlic butter sauce with golden baby potatoes. Lemon Leaf brings the herby citrus notes, Lemon Melt gives the potatoes a buttery lemon finish, and Garlic Melt rounds everything off with lekker savoury flavour.
Serves: 4
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 35–40 minutes
Oven: 200°C
🐟 Ingredients
For the potatoes
700 g baby potatoes, halved
2 tbsp olive oil
1½ tsp BlixSam Lemon Melt
1 tsp BlixSam Garlic Melt
Black pepper to taste
For the fish
4 firm white fish fillets, about 150–200 g each
1½ tsp BlixSam Lemon Leaf
1 tsp BlixSam Garlic Melt
Black pepper to taste
1 tbsp olive oil
For the lemon butter sauce
80 g butter
3 garlic cloves, finely crushed
Juice of 1 large lemon
Zest of ½ lemon
1 tsp BlixSam Lemon Melt
½ tsp BlixSam Lemon Leaf
2 tbsp fresh cream, optional
2 tbsp chopped parsley
🔥 Method
Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Place the baby potatoes in a pot of salted water and parboil for 8–10 minutes. Drain well.
Toss the potatoes with olive oil, Lemon Melt and Garlic Melt. Arrange them in a large baking dish and roast for 15 minutes until they begin to turn golden.
Pat the fish fillets dry. Rub lightly with olive oil and season with Lemon Leaf, Garlic Melt and black pepper.
Melt the butter in a small pan. Add the crushed garlic and cook gently for about 30 seconds.
Stir in the lemon juice, zest, Lemon Melt and Lemon Leaf. Add the cream if you want a slightly richer sauce.
Move the potatoes slightly apart and nestle the fish fillets between them.
Spoon a generous amount of the lemon butter sauce over the fish, allowing some to run over the potatoes.
Return to the oven and bake for approximately 12–15 minutes, depending on the thickness of the fish. The fish should be opaque and flake easily with a fork.
Spoon the buttery pan juices back over the fish and potatoes and finish with fresh parsley and a little fresh lemon.
🍋 BlixSam Tip
Don’t overcook the fish. Get the potatoes almost completely cooked first, then add the fish for the final 12–15 minutes. This gives you beautifully golden potatoes while keeping the fish juicy and tender.
🍋 Lemon Leaf on the fish.
🧈 Lemon Melt on the potatoes.
🧄 Garlic Melt through the whole dish.
One buttery, lemony BlixSam dinner! 🐟🍋
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