Prawn-stuffed spicy fish with vermicelli
This is my version of a wonderful dish I saw being made in a restaurant run by a woman in Marrakesh. It's impressive, tasty, and perfect for a dinner party. You can use any fish with a large cavity as long as it's fresh and in season. Although I used one large fish in Morocco, it's not always that easy to get your hands on one that size, so I've given you a recipe for two smaller ones here. If you are able to get a lovely big fish, like bass, snapper or barramundi, this dish will be a triumph. Just turn the heat down to 180ºC/350ºF/gas 4 and cook until the meat flakes off the bone.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 10 of 12 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Salmon | 100g cooked | 208 |
| Snapper | 100g cooked | 128 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Shrimp | 100g cooked | 99 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Cumin | 1 tsp ground (2.1g) | 8 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Coriander | not in our table | 0 |
| Harissa | 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
- 100 g vermicelli
- 2 courgettes
- 2 tomatoes, roughly chopped
- 1 small bunch fresh coriander, roughly chopped
- 1 small preserved lemon, (or ½ a homemade preserved lemon), finely chopped
- 1 pinch ground cumin, plus a little extra
- 1 teaspoon sweet paprika, plus a little extra
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger, plus a little extra
- 2 teaspoons harissa
- sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 2 x 300 g dorade, or other large fish such as sea bass, snapper or cod, from
- , ask your fishmonger, scaled, fins cut off, cavity cut open and cleaned
- olive oil
- 1 large handful small raw peeled prawns, from
- , ask your fishmonger