Rockfish with Orange, Pomegranate and Pistachios
Here’s a light and colourful, Moroccan-style way to prepare BC rockfish. Serve the fish with couscous, quinoa or rice, and some lightly dressed salad greens or baby arugula.
Recipe - Quality Foods
Rockfish with Orange, Pomegranate and Pistachios
Prep Time20 Minutes
Servings4
Cook Time9 Minutes
Ingredients
4 (about 5 to 6-ounce/140- to 170-gram) rockfish fillets
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp ground coriander
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
4 tsp olive oil, plus some for drizzling
4 tsp orange juice, plus some for drizzling
salt to taste
8 peeled (1/4- to-1/2-inch thick) mandarin orange or navel orange slices
1/4 cup pomegranate seeds (see Note)
1/4 cup shelled, lightly salted pistachios (see Note)
parsley sprigs, for garnish (optional)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set on the rockfish fillets. Make spice mixture by combining cumin, coriander and cayenne in a small bowl.
- Drizzle each rockfish fillet with 1 tsp of the oil and 1 tsp of the orange juice. Sprinkle each fillets with some of the spice mixture. Now season fish with salt. Top each piece of rockfish with 2 orange slices, and then bake 10 minutes, or until cooked through.
- Plate the fish and top each fillet with some pistachios and pomegranate seeds, and drizzle with a bit more olive oil and orange juice. Garnish with parsley sprigs, if using, and serve.
Note: Pomegranates, which will yield the seeds needed here, and bags of shelled pistachios, are sold in our Produce Department.
20 minutes
Prep Time
9 minutes
Cook Time
4
Servings
Shop Ingredients
Makes 4 servings
Quality Foods - Fresh Rockfish Fillets, 100 Gram
$2.19/100g$2.19/100g
Mccormick - Cumin Ground, 32 Gram
$6.19$19.34/100g
Mccormick - Coriander Ground, 28 Gram
$6.99$24.96/100g
Mccormick - Ground Cayenne Pepper, 33 Gram
$6.99$21.18/100g
Western Family - Pure Olive Oil, 250 Millilitre
$8.99$3.60/100ml
Simply - Orange Juice, Pulp Free, 1.54 Litre
$5.39 was $5.69$0.35/100ml
Windsor - Fine Sea Salt Shaker, 750 Gram
$8.29$1.11/100g
Oranges - Mandarins - Mesh Bag, 2 Pound
$7.99$0.88/100g
Pom Wonderful - Pomegranate Juice, 710 Millilitre
$9.29 was $10.29$1.31/100ml
Wonderful - Lightly Salted No Shell Pistachios, 170 Gram
$10.99$6.46/100g
Parsley - Italian, Fresh, 1 Each
$2.29
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set on the rockfish fillets. Make spice mixture by combining cumin, coriander and cayenne in a small bowl.
- Drizzle each rockfish fillet with 1 tsp of the oil and 1 tsp of the orange juice. Sprinkle each fillets with some of the spice mixture. Now season fish with salt. Top each piece of rockfish with 2 orange slices, and then bake 10 minutes, or until cooked through.
- Plate the fish and top each fillet with some pistachios and pomegranate seeds, and drizzle with a bit more olive oil and orange juice. Garnish with parsley sprigs, if using, and serve.
Note: Pomegranates, which will yield the seeds needed here, and bags of shelled pistachios, are sold in our Produce Department.