Striped Red Mullet served with Pumpkin Orzotto

Purchase fresh striped red mullet fillets from a Blue Island Fish Market

Get all the ingredients ready¨

1. Marinate the mullet fillets

2. Cook the mullet fillets

3. Prepare the Orzotto

4. Serve

Marinate the mullet fillets in a bowl with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, the orange zest, and salt and pepper. Leave to marinate until the orzotto is ready.

Put the remaining olive oil in a broad frying pan and fry the onion with salt and pepper until it has softened. Then add the orzo and stir. Cook for one minute, add the orange juice and douse with the dry white wine. Cook for another 2 minutes and then add the pumpkin purée. Continue cooking and add a glass of vegetable stock, stirring until the orzotto absorbs the liquid. Repeat the process until all the stock has been used. Finally, add the butter and Kefalotyri cheese. Stir until smooth. Turn off the heat, add the Feta cheese, chives and stir.

Heat a non-stick frying pan over a medium to high heat and place the mullet fillets with the skin side down. After 2 minutes, turn the fillets over and continue cooking for another 2 minutes.

Remove from the pan and serve with the orzotto.

The recipe can also be made with Sea Bass fillet or Tuna fillet.