Fast Recipes

Grilled mahi mahi with baby vegetable escabeche

Australian Gourmet Traveller fast recipe for grilled mahi mahi with baby vegetable escabeche

By Andy Harris
  • Serves 4
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Grilled mahi mahi with baby vegetable escabeche

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup olive oil
  • 1 tbsp mixed dried herbs such as fennel, thyme, dill and crumbled dry bay leaf
  • 4 120gm pieces of mahi mahi or other firm white-fleshed fish fillets
Baby vegetable escabeche
  • 8 baby artichokes
  • 2 lemons
  • 8 baby golden beetroot or beetroot, trimmed
  • 4 cloves of garlic, lightly bruised
  • 1 fresh green jalapeño chilli, seeded and cut into thin strips
  • 2 fresh bay leaves
  • 3 sprigs of dried oregano
  • 3 sprigs of thyme
  • ¼ tsp black peppercorns
  • ¼ tsp coriander seeds
  • 8 bulbs of baby fennel, trimmed
  • 180 gm pearl onions
  • 12 baby carrots (about 1 bunch), trimmed and peeled
  • ½ cup red or white wine vinegar
  • 250 ml dry white wine

Method

Main
  • 1
    Combine ¼ cup olive oil and dried herbs in a flat glass or ceramic dish, add mahi mahi and turn to coat, then cover and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
  • 2
    For baby vegetable escabeche, snap off tough outer leaves from artichokes and trim one-third from tops. Peel and trim stems, then place in a bowl of water with juice of 1 lemon.
  • 3
    Cook beetroot in a saucepan of simmering water for 10 minutes or until tender, drain, cool slightly, then peel.
  • 4
    Place artichokes in a saucepan with enough water to cover, then bring to the boil and cook for 5 minutes or until tender when pierced with a knife.
  • 5
    Heat ¼ cup olive oil in a frying pan, add garlic and cook over medium heat until fragrant. Add chilli, herbs, spices and 2 tsp salt, or to taste and stir for 1 minute or until fragrant. Add fennel, onions and carrots and cook for 3 minutes, then add cooked artichokes and beetroot, remaining olive oil, vinegar and wine and simmer for 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
  • 6
    Season fish to taste with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, then char-grill or barbecue for 4-5 minutes on each side or until just tender. Serve fish immediately with escabeche vegetables and broth.

Notes

Drink Suggestion: The explosion of slightly sour tastes in this dish call for an equally explosive young wine such as a Marlborough sauvignon blanc.