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Basa À La Meunière

French cooking is all about simple flavours at their finest. You'll pan-fry basa until golden and serve over garlic mash. Garnish with a lemon and caper brown butter sauce for a rich citrus finish. Bon appétit!

30 mins
241kcal
French
Basa À La Meunière
4.5

Ingredients for 2 people

Cooking for 3? 1 and a half for each ingredient Cooking for 4? Double each ingredient

Garlic clove x3
Garlic clove x3
Lemon
Lemon
Spinach (120g)
Spinach (120g)
Basa fillets (2pcs)
Basa fillets (2pcs)
Capers (20g)
Capers (20g)
Parsley (10g)
Parsley (10g)
White potato x3
White potato x3

You'll also need

Butter, Flour, Pepper, Salt, Vegetable oil, Water (or dietary alternatives)

Cooking instructions

Instructions for 2 [for 3] [for 4] portion recipe.

1.

Boil a kettle

Cut your potatoes (skins on) into large, bite-sized pieces

Peel your garlic cloves

Step 1
2.

Add the chopped potatoes and peeled garlic to a pot with plenty of boiled water with a pinch of salt and bring to the boil over a high heat

Once boiling, cook for 12-15 min or until fork-tender

Step 2
3.

Meanwhile, cut your lemon[s] into 2 wedges per person

Squeeze the juice of half the lemon quarters (save the rest for garnish!) into a small bowl

Chop your parsley finely, including the stalks

Step 3
4.

Add 3 tbsp [4 1/2 tbsp] [6 tbsp] flour to a large plate with a generous pinch of salt and pepper

Press your basa fillet[s] into the flour, so they are evenly coated (make sure to shake off any excess!)

Step 4
5.

Wash your spinach, then pat dry with kitchen paper

Once the potatoes are fork-tender, add the spinach to the pot and cook for a further 1 min or until it's wilted

Drain everything and return to the pot, then mash together with a knob of butter – this is your garlic mash

Season generously with salt and pepper, then cover to keep warm until serving

Step 5
6.

Heat a large, wide-based pan (preferably non-stick) with 1 tbsp [1 1/2 tbsp] [2 tbsp] vegetable oil

Once hot, add the coated basa and cook on a high heat for 3-4 min on each side until golden and cooked through

Once cooked transfer the basa to a plate, cover loosely with tin foil and set aside

Tip: Your fish is cooked when it turns opaque and flakes easily

Step 6
7.

Wipe the pan clean with kitchen paper and return it to a medium heat

Add 30g [45g] [60g] butter to the pan and heat until melted, foaming and lightly browned, swirling the pan around, for approx. 1 min

Remove the pan from the heat and add the lemon juice, capers and chopped parsley and gently stir it all together – this is your lemon caper butter

Step 7
8.

Serve the cooked basa over the garlic mash and spoon the lemon caper butter all over

Garnish with a remaining lemon wedge

Enjoy!

Nutritional information

Nutritional information only applies to ingredients supplied by Gousto.

per serving
241kcal
Energy
2g
Fat
32.5g
Carbohydrate
4.3g
Fibre
24.6g
Protein
0.3g
Salt

The cooking process and additional ingredients added at home (listed under “You'll also need”) will affect total values.

Allergens

Allergens highlighted by (fish).

In addition to the recipe specific allergen information provided, due to production and packing methods Gousto boxes may also contain low levels of the following allergens: Cereals containing gluten; Crustaceans; Eggs; Fish; Peanuts; Soya; Milk; Nuts: almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecan nuts, brazil nuts, pistachio nuts, macadamia nuts; Celery; Sesame; Sulphur dioxide and Sulphites; Lupin; Molluscs; Mustard.

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