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Pan fried snapper served on top of mashed potato with roasted tomatoes on the side.

Pan fried snapper with grenobloise sauce

Mash potato and pan seared snapper make for a beautiful combo. Top that off with an amazing butter sauce.

Course Main Course
Cuisine French
Keyword grenobloise sauce, mashed potato recipe, pan fried snapper
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings 4 people
Calories 648 kcal
Author Nicolas

Ingredients

  • 800 g snapper
  • 50 g unsalted butter
  • 25 g butter for the mash potato
  • Butter for frying the fish
  • Olive oil
  • 70-80 g flour seasoned with salt and pepper
  • 200 g cherry tomatoes halved
  • 75 g capers
  • 1 kg potatoes
  • 200 mls milk
  • Handful of tarragon chopped
  • handful of parsley chopped
  • salt and pepper for seasoning
  • 1 lemon segmented

Instructions

Mash potato

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius and then get a pot of salted boiling water.
  2. Peel and dice the potatoes into about thumb size dices. Add to the salted water and then bring to the boil, they will take about 10-20 minutes. To test if the potatoes are cooked, scoop out 1 piece and stick a small knife into it, if it goes through without any resistance and the potato slides off without having to pull it off, the potatoes are cooked.
  3. Drain the potatoes, put them back into the pot and add your 25g of butter. Get a potato masher and get mashing (I personally prefer when mashed potato has a few chunky bits). Add your milk and tarragon, then season with a good generous pinch of salt and pepper then set aside.

Roasted tomatoes

  1. Put the tomatoes on a baking tray nicely spread out, add a touch of salt, pepper and a drizzle of olive oil, then roast them in the oven for 10-15 minutes. Once they are soft and slightly coloured take them out and set aside. (pro tip: keep the oven on 50-60 degrees just in case the tomatoes need to be heated up for when you are about to serve).

Pan fried snapper

  1. Coat the fish fillets with seasoned flour and make sure you shake off the excess. Get a frying pan on medium-high heat and add a knob of butter. Once the butter has melted and starts to bubble start pan frying the fish, it should only need about 2 minutes on each side. Transfer the fish onto a surface with kitchen paper to drain the fish fillets.

Grenobloise sauce

  1. Use a pot or pan to sautee (quickly frying) the lemon segments and capers in the unsalted butter then set aside. Quickly heat up the mash potato on the stove and/or the tomatoes in the oven if need be.

Recipe Notes

  • Make sure you dust off the excess flour when you coat the fish, you only need a light coating of flour. 
  • Cook the fish for no longer than 2 minutes on each side. It should need any longer. Try to cut the potatoes in the same size dices so that they all cook in roughly the same time.
Nutrition Facts
Pan fried snapper with grenobloise sauce
Amount Per Serving
Calories 648 Calories from Fat 217
% Daily Value*
Fat 24.1g37%
Saturated Fat 11g69%
Cholesterol 140mg47%
Sodium 830mg36%
Potassium 1289mg37%
Carbohydrates 46.4g15%
Fiber 7.6g32%
Sugar 6.7g7%
Calcium 180mg18%
Iron 3.8mg21%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.