FISH STEAMED WITH COUSCOUS

Fish Steamed with Couscous image

Provided by Jamie Oliver

Time 25m

Yield 2 servings (for hungry people)

Number Of Ingredients 20

1 handful barley couscous
Tepid water
1/2 onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, sliced
2 red chiles, seeds removed, 1 chopped and 1 finely sliced
Extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon fennel seeds
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon coriander seeds
1 by 2.5cm (1-inch) piece cinnamon
Knob unsalted butter
1 large bunch fresh coriander, leaves picked, stalks finely sliced
8 ounces clams
2 John Dory fillets, skin on, scaled and pinboned
2 red mullet fillets, skin on, scaled and pinboned
4 ounces monkfish, cut into chunks
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 lemons, 1 cut in 1/2 and 1 cut into wedges, for serving
3 tablespoons creme fraiche

Steps:

Put the couscous in a bowl and cover with tepid water. It will soften and double in size.
Heat a medium-sized saucepan on a low heat, and saute the onion, garlic and chopped chiles in oil. Pound in the mortar the salt, fennel and cumin seeds, coriander seeds and cinnamon. Add to the onion with the butter, then once melted add the finely sliced coriander stalks and the couscous. Break it up with your spoon.
Turn the heat down to a very low heat, and add the fish, skin side up. Drizzle with olive oil, a bit of salt and pepper and throw in the lemon, cut in halves. Cover with some wet greaseproof paper, and cook for 15 minutes.
To serve, sprinkle with the coriander leaves and sliced chile; squeeze the lemon halves, dollop on some creme fraiche and drizzle with olive oil.