Bare minimum washing up

I haven't done a foodie post in a while. Mostly because I've spent the summer teaching myself sous-vide cooking and if I started a post with "first, vacuum seal your meat" I'd deserve every bit of scorn.

However, tonight, the slight turn in the weather has inspired an easy but special weeknight recipe: Sea Bass with chorizo (this works with any firm white fish but sea bass is what I've got). You will need:

500g baby new potatoes cut into bite-sized pieces
300g chorizo, skin removed and cut into bite-sized pieces
one red pepper, de-seeded and chopped into, yes, bite-sized pieces
two boneless sea bass (or other white fish) fillets - either whole or cut into strips
Half a teaspoon of ground cumin
Half a teaspoon of ground coriander
Olive oil (the good stuff)
Half a fresh lemon
Salt & pepper

Heat the oven to 200 degrees C fan (other styles of oven are available, I have fan).

Put the potatoes into a roasting tray with generous amounts of olive oil, salt and pepper and roast for about 20-30 mins until they are colouring and almost cooked through when tested with a knife. Add the chorizo and red pepper, swirl around and return to the oven for 15 mins. Meanwhile, season the fish fillets with the cumin, coriander, salt and pepper. If you're serving this properly on a plate then leave the fillets whole. If you're going for watching-TV-friendly bowl food then cut into thick strips. Once the red pepper has some colour on the edges lay the fish on top of everything else and return to the oven for ten minutes or until it has a little colour. Once you're happy with the colour, squeeze the juice from the lemon over.

To serve: There's lots of tasty oil at the bottom of this dish and you can either serve with crusty bread for dipping OR you can crush some of the potatoes with a fork to soak it up. Whatever you do, don't ignore the oil It's got the best bits of the olive oil, chorizo and fish in it together with the lemon juice. It's almost the best bit.

And this dish creates the absolute bare minimum washing up. You're welcome.