“Would you please ask the kitchen at Neild Avenue for the recipe for baked red mullet?”
Polly Corbett, Eastwood, NSW
To request a recipe, write to Fare Exchange, , GPO Box 4088, Sydney, NSW 2001, or email us. All requests should include the restaurant’s name and address or business card, as well as your name and address.
Ingredients
Lemon dressing
Method
Main
1.For lemon dressing, stir garlic, mustard and ½ tbsp sea salt flakes in a bowl, add lemon juice and vinegar, whisk to combine, then add oils and set aside.
2.Preheat oven to 180C. Cut 2 incisions in each side of fish and stuff half the dill into incisions. Heat oil in a large ovenproof frying pan over medium-high heat. Add mullet in batches and cook, turning once, until golden (3-4 minutes), then return mullet to pan, transfer to oven and bake until cooked through (6-8 minutes).
3.Add parsley, mint, remaining dill, anchovy and shallot to lemon dressing, stir to combine, season to taste, spoon dressing over fish and serve hot with lemon wedges.
