BARBECUED SILVER PERCH FILLETS WITH EGGPLANT & TOMATO SALSA

Silver Perch is one of Australia’s few commercial freshwater fish (along with Barramundi and Murray Cod). Its natural habitat is the Murray-Darling system, but it’s now mostly farmed.

SERVES
4
PREP TIME
10 mins
COOK TIME
10 mins
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INGREDIENTS

4 x 180g Silver Perch fillets, skin on, bones removed
2 teaspoons ground cumin
Salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
½ cup extra virgin olive oil 
1 eggplant, cut into 1.5cm-thick slices 

METHOD

Make Tomato Salsa: combine all ingredients.

Heat a barbecue or char-grill plate. 

Cut several slashes into the skin of each fillet. 

Combine cumin, salt and pepper and 2 tablespoons olive oil. Rub over both sides of the fillets. 

Brush the eggplant slices generously with olive oil and cook for about 3 minutes on each side, until golden brown and tender, brushing with extra oil as needed. When the eggplant is almost cooked, cook the fillets, skin-side down, for 3 minutes then turn and cook the other side for 1 minute. 

Divide eggplant between plates, top with fillets and a spoonful of salsa. Pass the remaining salsa separately.   

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