I was going to post this elsewhere, but since I haven't actually posted anything on my blog today decided I'd put it here instead... :yes:

Wanted to push the boat a little in the continuance of Usky Pampering, so...

I bought monkfish... and lots of it too
I bought apple smoked streaky bacon
I bought Desiree potatoes
I bought spinach
I bought lemons - fair trade of course ;)

Okay, I washed the spuds and cut them into pieces then blanched them in boiling water for two minutes (skin on) before removing them to an oven dish.

I chopped an onion and several cloves of garlic then sprinkled these over the spuds. Then zested two lemons and added the zest to the dish, squeezed out the juice from said lemons and poured over, sprinkled with sea salt crystals and drizzled extra virgin olive oil over the lot.

The potatoes were placed in the top of the oven at Gas Mk6 for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, the potatoes were turned and rolled to make sure they were well coated before going back into the oven for another 20 minutes.

I washed and filleted the monkfish, then cut the fillets into 3 inch pieces. I put some frozen prawns, chopped parsley, dill and a little butter on top of each piece then wrapped the monkfish in strips of streaky bacon then placed them in an overnproof dish. Crushed black pepper and sea salt was sprinkled and olive oil drizzled.

The potatoes were turned again and the fish placed in the oven for 20 minutes.

I finely diced two cloves of garlic and squeezed the juice of another lemon.

5 minutes before the fish was ready I lightly fried the garlic in a sauté pan with very little extra virgin olive oil, then dumped in the spinach and lemon juice and cover with a tight fitting lid. The trick here is to keep the sauté pan moving so the spinach cooks evenly while you take the lemon potatoes and fish out of the oven... :>>

There you go... dinner... wonderfully flavoured monkfish, served with lemon potatoes and spinach... washed down with a nice drop of grenache... and Usky is in heaven :D