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Fish Fillet with Pesto cream sauce

Recipe submitted by Huda Abu Hamdia

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Nice piece of Salmon Fillet, cooked with little Extra virgin olive oil and butter, on a bed of creamy mashed potatoes and topped with delicious pesto cream sauce. I really can't remeber how I made this recipe, I just remember that I was back from work and so hungry, and had got this nice piece of Salmon, so I decided to prepare it for my dinner that day.. and the result was soooooo yummy ...

Serves 2 to 3

Ingredients

½ kg fish fillet (i used salmon fish)
Olive oil (for cooking fish and sauce) (i use extra virgin olive oil)
butter (for cooking fish)
***for marinate:
½ cup lemon juice
1 tsp dried tarragon
1 tbsp dijon mustard
½ tsp black pepper
1 tsp salt
***for sauce:
4 spring onions (basul akhdur)
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 tbsp pesto paste
1 cup whipping cream
1 tin (170gm) thick cream (qeshta)
1 cube chicken stock (like maggie)
*** mashed potatoes to serve with.

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Method

First, rinse fish pieces with water. Place in a deep plate and add marinate ingredients. Cover and leave to marinate for at least ½ hr.
Meanwhile, prepare sauce: add some olive oil (about 3 tbsp) in a sauce pan, heat, then add garlic and stir for 2-3 minutes. Add spring onions and stir for just 1 minute not more. Add pesto paste then add chicken stock. Stir for a minute then add cream and whipping cream. Bring to boil. reduce heat and simmer for 3 inutes. Season with salt and pepper if needed.
In a wide frying pan, add 3 tbsp olive oil + 2 tbsp butter. Heat and then add fish. Cook on each side for about 5 minutes until golden and done.
For serving: place some mashed potatoes in serving plate, top it with a piece of fish fillet, drizzle with pesto cream sauce and serve.

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