INGREDIENTS
- 1 tablespoon ras el hanout or ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup (75g) plain flour
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 4 x 160g skinless ocean trout fillets, pin-boned
- Pistachio and herb couscous, to serve
- 3 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted
- Edible rose petals (optional), to decorate
POACHING LIQUID
- 2 tablespoons loose-leaf rose-petal tea
- 1 tablespoon currants
- 1 tablespoon sultanas
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 eschalots, thinly sliced
- Juice of 2 lemons
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 strips pared orange rind
METHOD
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- For the poaching liquid, combine the tea leaves with 3 cups (750ml) hot water and stand for 5 minutes. Strain into a jug, then add currants and sultanas and leave to soak for 2 minutes. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a frypan over low heat and cook eschalot, stirring, for 2-3 minutes until soft. Add the sultana mixture, lemon juice, sugar and orange rind to the pan. Bring to the boil, then simmer over medium-low heat for 2-3 minutes.
- Meanwhile, mix the ras el hanout into the flour and season with sea salt and pepper. Heat the olive oil in a large frypan over medium heat. Coat the fish fillets in the seasoned flour, then shake off the excess and pan-fry for 1 minute on each side to seal. Place fillets in a single layer in a snug-fitting ovenproof dish, then pour over the warm poaching liquid and bake for about 8 minutes (depending on thickness of the fish) until just cooked through.
- Serve the ocean trout on couscous, drizzled with the poaching liquid and sprinkled with pine nuts and rose petals if desired.