Gorilla Gurnard

Name: Gorilla Gurnard
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 4 gurnard fillets.; 2 rashers lean bacon.; 2 small, ripe bananas.; 60 grams butter, melted.; Fresh breadcrumbs.; Flour.; Lemon salt.; Lemon wedges.

SpotX Wild Foods Recipe from Deborah Ashby
Prep:10 minutes Cook:15 minutes Difficulty:1

Ingrediants:

4 gurnard fillets.
2 rashers lean bacon.
2 small, ripe bananas.
60 grams butter, melted.
Fresh breadcrumbs.
Flour.
Lemon salt.
Lemon wedges.

Directions:

Season fillets with lemon pepper and salt, to taste.
Dip fillets into flour followed by melted butter and breadcrumbs.
Place fish in lightly-greased baking dish.
Top each fillet with a piece of bacon strip.
Bake at 180°C for 10 minutes.
Peel then split bananas lengthwise.
Remove bacon from fish and keep warm.
Place half a banana on each fillet and place under grill for 3-4 minutes.
Place bacon strip on banana and serve.
Drizzle with a little lemon juice squeezed from wedges.

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Gurnard
Gurnard ‘Carrots’, ‘grunters’, or just plain old gurnard, this species was one of the piscatorial under-achievers in the culinary world for many years.
They are a magic fish, resplendent with their colourful ‘wings’, but their succulent fillets have not, until recent times, always been fully appreciated.
As the more popular species such as blue cod and snapper became more expensive and difficult to catch, gurnard came increasingly to the fore. The flesh is firm and flavoursome and has become popular, along with tarakihi, in the fish and chip shops around the nation, not to mention on our own tables.