Roast Skate

Gordon Ramsay recipes Roast skate with beetroot and parmesan, grilled baby gem and min

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Gordon Ramsay

Date Published:
04/09/2007

Watch Gordon prepare this Roast Skate recipe

Gordon Ramsay and his brigade of amateur chefs served roast skate with beetroot and parmesan, grilled baby gem and minted Jersey Royals to diners at the F Word restaurant.

Serves 4

Ingredients

Skate

  • 4 medium skate wings
  • Sea salt and black pepper
  • Olive oil
  • 100g butter
  • 3 tbsp small capers
  • 500g Cooked beetroot, diced
  • 100g Parmesan cheese
  • 4 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
  • Squeeze of lemon juice
  • 2-3 tbsp classic vinaigrette

Minted Jersey Royal

  • 700g Jersey royal potatoes
  • 150ml chicken or vegetable stock
  • 125g unsalted butter, chilled
  • Juice of ½ a lemon
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Handful of finely shredded mint leaves

Grilled baby gem lettuce

  • 4 Baby Gem lettuce
  • Olive oil
  • Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 2 sprigs of rosemary

Method: How to make roast skate with beetroot and parmesan

1. Season the skate wings well. Heat the oil in a pan until hot. Brown the skate on one side for 2-3 minutes, then add the butter. When it foams and turns golden, baste the fish and cook for 3-4 minutes. Set to one side

2. In a separate frying pan add the capers and beetroot and cook for a further 2 minutes, occasionally spooning the butter over the fish. Remove the pan from the heat and add the Parmesan, parsley and a squeeze of lemon. Glaze the skate with the vinaigrette

3. Halve the gem lettuce lengthways then brush with olive oil. Heat a griddle until almost smoking. Season the lettuce then griddle with the rosemary for 1-2 minutes on both sides, until they have taken on some colour and wilted slightly

4. Put the potatoes in boiling water. Cook until tender

5. Pour the stock into a saucepan and heat until almost boiling. Cut the butter into small cubes. Gradually whisk the butter into the stock, adding it piece by piece, while whisking vigorously, until completely emulsified. Add lemon juice and seasoning to taste then stir through half of the mint

6. Tip the potatoes into the pan and shake to coat in the minty buttery emulsion. Sprinkle with a little more mint just before serving

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  1. Hi Gordon, I'm going to try out this recipe for my husband as he likes to try different food. Hope he likes it. Well done on your sucess and i think what you do when you go to America and different places is good, as it shows how most places are and what you need to look out for, so thank for that Bella
    Posted by Bella on 14/11/2009 16:53:28
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