Jamie's (almost) 30 Minute Meals: Fish, sweet potato mash, Asian greens, sparkling lemon-ginger drink

Right so it's been a while since I've been willing to try Jamie's 30 Minute Meals and today I got my chance. We bought some fish and didn't know what to do with it so I looked some recipes up and found this one. You can watch the video here and give it a try. I'll post the recipe though cause it's easier to follow. It actually took us 45 minutes but that's probably our fault cause we were two in a small kitchen, trying to do stuff really fast... and it actually slowed us down.

He actually made some ice cream too but ours is not ready yet cause the fruit wasn't really frozen. I actually replaced the berries he used for the ice cream with apricots, nectarines and peaches, which was what I already had in the fridge. I'll post some pictures of that later on.

And of course it was all delicious!

EQUIPMENT
microwave friendly bag (Ikea)
a lot of olive oil
large frying pan for the fish
large saucepan for the veggies
food processor

First of all prepare your equipment. Put the frying pan on the cooker and really leave it to heat for about 20 minutes, over medium-high heat, without any olive oil. Also, prepare the water for the veggies and if you don't have a kettle just heat the water in the pan, add some ground salt and leave it over medium-high heat.

Gather all the ingredients you need, just put them close by, if you really want to have all those things ready in 30 minutes or so. And most importantly, have fun!

FISH
4 slices bacon, pancetta (we used prosciutto)
2 fillets Pollock fish
1 tsp crushed fennel (even better in my opinion, i don't have seeds)
1 lemon

First heat your frying pan really well, like he does. Then just put the slices of bacon or whatever you wish in the pan, drizzle with some olive oil and let it cook. Let it shrink a bit. Meanwhile, drizzle the fish with some olive oil and season with lots of ground salt and pepper. When the bacon's shrunk, add the fish in the pan and the crushed fennel (or seeds, however you want it), on the fish. Then some orange zest and leave it to cook over medium-low heat. Moving on to the greens.

MASH
2 sweet potatoes
1 chili
fresh lovage (didn't have any coriander)
soy sauce
2 lemons
(didn't have any mango chutney either)

Moving on to the mash sweet potatoes. This was mind blowing! So what he does is, he takes the potatoes, washes them, cuts them in halves and puts them in a microwave friendly plastic bag. Then he adds some lemon and olive oil and puts the bag in the microwave for 14-16 minutes. Now, he forgets to say that he actually made some small holes into the bag so it can all breathe. Fortunately, I saw it and did the same. And if you can adjust the power of your microwave, put it to the highest, for the same amount of time.

After the time has passed, remove the potatoes from the bag (be careful it's super hot!), squeeze the lemon over them and put them aside. Chop another chili and remove the seeds, chop some coriander if you have some (I didn't so I used fresh lovage from my apartment garden) and place these on a wooden cutting board. Then add the potatoes and start mashing them like does, adding the lemon and soy sauce.

In the end, take the fish from the pan, place it on the bed of sweet potato mash, put the bacon on top and drizzle with some olive oil and coriander (more lovage for me!). You're done!

GREENS
1 red chili
1 clove garlic
soy sauce
1 lemon
250 gr white asparagus
green beans
(no sesame oil)

First off, drizzle your large bowl or plate with some olive oil. Chop the chili, remove the seeds if you want, and put it in the bowl. Then crush the garlic, add the soy sauce and your lemon juice and mix it all well. Taste it and see if it fits your taste, we actually added more lemon cause it was too salty and heavy. Put the bowl aside. Having the water hot and almost boiling, add the veggies in the pan, bring the heat up and cover the pan. After they're done, add them to the bowl of Asian sauce and mix them all well. They're ready to be served.

LEMON-GINGER DRINK
store-bought sparkling lemonade
ice
mint
fresh ginger

You need lots of ice. So put your ice into a decanter or whatever you choose to serve this lovely beverage in, add the sparkling lemonade (if you choose to buy it), mint and freshly grind ginger and mix it all up.

ICE CREAM
500 gr peaches, apricots and nectarine, cubes
500 gr yogurt
mint
3-4 tablespoons of honey

Mix all the ingredients in your food processor and take it to the freezer. I don't actually know how it is but it looks lovely...


So there you have it... Jamie's awesome 30 Minute Meal. Enjoy!

Again, whole video is here.