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Sea bream with a herb vinaigrette, pickled cucumber and clams
Photo: Ernest Porzi

Sea bream with a herb vinaigrette, pickled cucumber and clams

20 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 6-8 openrecipes

This light but beautifully flavoured starter is the perfect foil for a rich main course.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

386
Calories
27g
Protein
14g
Fat
35g
Carbs

Counts 15 of 16 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 15 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Cucumber 1/2 cup sliced (52g) 16
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Capers 1 tbsp (9g) drained 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Peppermint 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

  • 1 cucumber
  • 200ml/7fl oz rice vinegar
  • 100g/3½oz sugar
  • 1 red chilli
  • small piece fresh root ginger
  • small bunch parsley
  • small bunch mint
  • small bunch basil
  • 2 anchovies
  • 2 lemons
  • 50g/1¾oz capers
  • 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 100ml/3½oz olive oil
  • and freshly ground saltblack pepper
  • 3 sea bream
  • dash olive oil
  • 2 shallots
  • 1 garlic
  • 100ml/3½fl oz white wine
  • 4 razor clams

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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