Emily Scott’s monkfish and Cornish chorizo skewers

I take cooking inspiration from Emily Scott’s new book Sea & Shore for her Cornish inspired monkfish and chorizo skewers. Here she shares her recipe…

Monkfish, or lotte in French, is known as the poor man’s lobster. It is a delicious, robust and wonderful ingredient that I love to cook and eat. It works so well with bolder flavours, such as curries, or can be cooked over fire or even refined by serving as a ceviche. Here, the combination of monkfish, chorizo and sun blush tomatoes is delicious. Threading them on to rosemary skewers is pretty and adds a depth of flavour to the fish.

MONKFISH, CORNISH CHORIZO AND SUN BLUSH TOMATOES ON ROSEMARY SKEWERS
Serves 8

1 x 200 g (7 oz) jar sun blush tomatoes, drained, reserving the oil
1 medium chorizo, about 225 g (8 oz), cut into
1 cm (1/2 in) rounds
650 g (1 lb 7 oz) monkfish fillet, cut into chunks
12 long rosemary sprigs, plus extra leaves for sprinkling
100 ml (31/2 fl oz/scant 1/2 cup) olive oil
Cornish sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

To serve
handful of rocket (arugula) leaves
hot buttered Cornish new potatoes
mixed leaf salad with edible flowers

Preheat a barbecue or grill (broiler) to high.

Place the sun blush tomatoes in a large bowl and add the sliced chorizo. Using a skewer, pierce a hole through each piece of monkish, then toss in the bowl with the tomatoes and chorizo.

Thread alternately onto rosemary skewers, allowing 3 pieces of each ingredient on each skewer.

Barbecue or grill (broil) the monkfish skewers on all sides, keeping them moving, for a total of 6 minutes, or until browned at the edges. Drizzle with with olive oil and sprinkle with salt, pepper and rosemary leaves.

Lay the grilled monkfish skewers on rocket leaves and serve with hot buttered Cornish new potatoes and a kitchen leaf salad with summer flowers.

Credit: Sea & Shore by Emily Scott (Hardie Grant, £26) Photography ©Kim Lightbody