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Here's how to cook monkfish by chef Chantelle Nicholson from Tredwell's Restaurant.

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00:00Hi, I'm Chantelle Nicholson, Chef Patron of Treadwells in London, and today I'm going to

00:04be showing you how to cook monkfish. So we've got a beautiful monkfish tail which we're going

00:08to be serving with an anchovy aioli and some fresh asparagus. So here we have a monkfish

00:17tail that's been skinned and the head's been removed. I'm going to just take off a little

00:20bit of the membrane that's remaining and then slice it into tranches. So you just want to

00:26remove this membrane that you can see here, just with a sharp knife, just under the skin

00:34and along.

00:36So to cut through the bone you'll need a serrated knife. If you put the bone at the top of the

00:44fish it's much easier to cut through as well.

00:50Next we're going to salt the fish in rock salt for 10 minutes. This is going to serve

01:02a dual purpose by removing some of the moisture, because monkfish can be quite a wet fish, but

01:07also season it right the way through. Pop the monkfish in and pack it again with rock salt

01:16on top. Make sure you use this timer, 10 minutes maximum.

01:21So pop it in the fridge, 10 minutes later we can rinse it off.

01:35For the aioli we've got 3 egg yolks here. I'm going to grate 1 clove of garlic, we've also

01:40got some dijon mustard, white wine vinegar and a touch of anchovy sauce for a bit of extra

01:46zing.

01:47So pop the mustard in, a dash of white wine vinegar and we're going to whisk it to emulsify

02:02and add the oil. I generally tend to use a mix of slightly less intense olive oil, more

02:07like a pumice oil and just finish it with a little olive oil otherwise it can be a little

02:11bit bitter.

02:12If you're not a fan of making mayonnaise or aioli by hand, you can use a stick blender

02:15and it works really well and a bit quicker.

02:17Once the eggs have gone a little bit pale and aerated we're going to add the oil really

02:21slowly to start with. Once it's starting to thicken you can add the oil a little bit quicker

02:24as well because it's already got the first emulsification has occurred.

02:30That's all of the pumice oil, we're just going to finish with a touch of olive oil to add a bit

02:38more richness. And the anchovy sauce. Because the anchovy is quite salty I'd suggest you

02:54taste it before you add any extra seasoning just to make sure it's not too overly salted.

02:58There we have aioli. So the fish was salting for 10 minutes, we've just rinsed it off and

03:03petted it dry and now we're about to start cooking. So a really hot pan, nice foaming

03:07butter before we put the monkfish in.

03:10So start it off on a high heat and then when it starts to colour just turn it down a little

03:23bit. And if you need to cool it down even further just add a touch more butter which will bring

03:26the temperature right down. So when you've got a nice golden colour on the bottom of

03:31the monkfish turn it over and cook the other side and we're going to baste the coloured side

03:38as well to get even more golden colour on it. So that's been in the pan both sides for about

03:43six to eight minutes. We're going to pop it in the oven, really hot oven about 200 degrees

03:47for about three to four minutes until it's cooked all the way through. So the monkfish has been in for

03:52another three minutes. To check and see if it's done, take a metal skewer, pop it down

03:57right beside the bone for a couple of seconds, pull it out and if it's hot enough to touch,

04:03it's ready to go. I like to turn my monkfish on the bone because I feel it gives it a lot

04:08more flavour but if you don't want it that way, just take it off. I'm just going to pop that

04:15on the plate. Just going to heat up some of the blanched asparagus I prepared earlier in that delicious

04:24monkfish butter. Pop that on the plate. And then a really large dollop of the anchovy aioli.

04:42And there we have it, the monkfish with asparagus and anchovy aioli.

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