Ingredients

• small handful fresh basil leaves
• 1 tbsp pine nuts
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1 garlic clove
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 sea bass fillet
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tomato
• chopped
• 1 tbsp pine nuts
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• ½ lemon
• zest and juice

Directions

• For the pesto dressing
• blend all the pesto dressing ingredients in a food processor to a coarse paste.
• For the sea bass
• heat the olive oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Fry the sea bass
• skin-side down
• for 3-4 minutes and season
• to taste
• with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Turn the sea bass fillet over and fry for a further 3-4 minutes
• or until the skin is crisp and golden-brown and the fish is cooked through. Remove from the pan and set aside on a serving plate.
• Mix the tomato
• pine nuts
• olive oil
• lemon zest and juice in a bowl. Season
• to taste
• with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• To serve
• spoon the tomato and pine nut mixture over the sea bas
• then spoon over the pesto dressing.