Sea Bass and Samphire ... just sublime !

Sea bass with courgette/zucchini and samphire/sea beans. Worldwide the same vegetable can be known by different names … confusing! Well, yes, at times!

But this recipe suggestion isn't confusing! In fact it's a tasty dish which is sure to impress, but is quite easy to prepare... read on and see for yourself.

Ingredients

Serves Two

11g carbs per serving

15 oz. sea bass, skin-on fillets
1 bunch fresh rosemary, stemmed and chopped
2 tbsp. olive oil
salt and ground black pepper
2 zucchini/courgette
7 oz. sea beans/samphire
½ lime, the juice
1 bunch fresh basil

Instructions

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Sea beans or samphire

Samphire is a bright green sea vegetable with a salty taste. Samphire is often compared to baby asparagus, and its high salt content means that seasoning needn’t be added during the cooking process. Quite often, it is simply boiled or steamed with a little olive oil or butter to create a delicious accompaniment to a main meal. It has a strongly oceanic flavour and, therefore, goes wonderfully with seafood. If samphire is not available, you can use any kind of seaweed, which also has a salty taste.

Nutritional Information 
Samphire is packed with an impressive array of nutrients. It is almost free of fat and extremely low in calories. It is also a great digestive aid because it contains plenty of healthy dietary fibre. Samphire contains a good amount of vitamins A and C as well as some of the B vitamins like folate. Samphire also contains various essential minerals responsible for many of the body’s vital functions including calcium, magnesium and potassium. As well as its minerals and vitamins, samphire contains certain unique compounds found in various sea vegetables known as fucoidans. These compounds are known to have antioxidant benefits as well as excellent anti-inflammatory effects on the human body.

You can read more about Samphire, the vegetable from the sea here and here

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All the best Jan