Clementine Buttered Fish with Basmati Rice
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Total: 30 mins
This festive fish supper soaks succulent pieces of fish in a masala-spiced butter sauce, flavoured with sweet seasonal clementines. Serve on plates of fluffy white basmati rice for a quick Christmas Eve dinner.
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796 kcal
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Ingredients you'll need
  • 300g white basmati rice
  • 90g butter, room temperature
  • 4 clementines
  • 2 garlic clove
  • A thumb of turmeric
  • 2 tsp garam masala
  • 4 onions
  • 500g cherry vine tomatoes
  • 100g baby leaf spinach
  • 680g fish pie mix
From your kitchen
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 300ml boiling water
You'll need
  • Small pan with lid
  • Measuring jug
  • Deep frying pan or wok
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Fill and boil your kettle. Rinse the rice with cold water and tip it into a small pan. Add 300ml boiling water and a pinch of salt. Cover, bring to the boil, then turn the heat right down. Cook for 6-8 mins till all the water is absorbed and the rice is tender. Take the pan off the heat and let it sit, lid on, for 5 mins to finish cooking the rice. It will stay warm while you finish the rest of the dish.

  • 2.

    Meanwhile, scoop the room-temperature butter into a bowl. Grate in the zest from both clementines and squeeze in the juice from 1 of them. Peel and grate in the garlic and turmeric (see our turmeric tip). Add 1 tsp garam masala and a pinch of salt and pepper.

  • 3.

    Peel and thinly slice the onions. Halve the cherry vine tomatoes.

  • 4.

    Scoop the clementine butter mixture into a deep frying pan or wok and melt it on a medium heat, stirring a few times. Add the onions and fry for 10 mins, stirring occasionally, till softened.

  • 5.

    Add the cherry tomatoes and the baby leaf spinach to the pan and stir for 1-2 mins to wilt the leaves. Add the fish pie mix and stir to coat, then cover the pan with a lid and cook for 5-6 mins, till the fish is cooked through. It will be opaque and flake easily when pressed with a fork.

  • 6.

    Divide the rice between a couple of warm plates or bowls. Top with the clementine buttered fish and veg and serve with wedges of the remaining zested clementine on the side for squeezing.

  • Tip

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    Turmeric is a colourful character, so grate it onto a plate or a glass board, and wear gloves and an apron to keep your hands and clothes stain free.

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