Sea bass with a herb crust served on a spicy red pepper sauce

This was actually one of my exams at college and i passed!

I don’t usually eat fish until i tried this! I love the pepper sauce it goes well with the sea bass.

Sea bass with a herb crust served on a spicy red pepper sauce

SERVES 4

FOR THE FISH CRUST

100g panko breadcrumbsZest of 1 lemon 3 tbsp of chopped fine herbs1/2 garlic clove, minced2 bay leaves 10 sprigs thymeSeasoning sauce 100ml  4 sea bass fillets
 70g Piquilla peppers
10g fresh flatleaf parsley leaves
3 tbsp mayonnaise
3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
11/2 tsp hot pepper sauce, or to taste
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1 clove garlic, peeled
1/2 tsp kosher salt
50g Parmesan cheese
1 apple for garnish
1 red pepper, diced for garnish
Flatleaf parsley, for garnish
Squeeze some lemon before serving to give it that extra bite of sourness.

FOR THE PEPPER SAUCE

1 Put all the ingredients for the crust, except the sea bass, into a blender and blend together until it forms a breadcrumb texture, season both sides of fish and place the crust on top of the skin.

2 To make the pepper sauce, puree the peppers, parsley, mayonnaise, olive oil, hot pepper sauce, mustard, garlic, and salt in a blender until smooth. Pour sauce into a bowl and set aside.

3 Pan-fry the seasoned sea bass fillets skin-side down, when the skin and crust is crisp turn the bass over and take the pan off the heat sprinkle some cheese over the crust/skin and put under grill until  has melted.

4 Take the pepper sauce and bring up to the boil on a pan, once boiled, divide between four plates, place fish on top and garnish with some red pepper squares, diced apple, and flatleaf parsley.