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Sea bass with mussels and saffron
Photo: Dana DeVolk

Sea bass with mussels and saffron

14 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

Sea bass simply fried to crisp the skin, served with a rich mussel and white wine sauce with a pinch of saffron - sure to impress!

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

597
Calories
29g
Protein
32g
Fat
51g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Banana 1 medium (118g) 105
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Plum 1 medium (66g) 30
Fennel 1/2 bulb (87g) 27
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Shallot 1 tbsp minced (10g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Saffron not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 60 mussels
  • 60g/2¼oz unsalted butter
  • 1 banana shallot
  • 2 sprigs thyme
  • 100ml/3½fl oz white wine
  • 2 plum tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 4 portions wild sea bass
  • and freshly ground saltblack pepper
  • 1 fennel
  • pinch saffron
  • 100ml/3½fl oz double cream
  • 100g/3½oz samphire
  • 1 punnet micro fennel, to garnish

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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