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Pumpkin fish (poisson au potiron)

Fish simmered in a creamy pumpkin, onion and thyme sauce. The pumpkin softens as it cooks and thickens the sauce, giving a gentle, fragrant dish typical of everyday Jamaican home cooking.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Sauce

Spices & seasoning

Optional extras

On the side

Nutrition facts

230 kcal per serving

Protein
29.4 g
Carbohydrates
8.5 g
of which sugars
4.7 g
Fat
8.1 g
of which saturated fat
1 g
Fiber
2.7 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

  1. Season the fish fillets with salt, pepper and a little thyme, then let them rest for 10 minutes.
  2. In a large frying pan, heat the oil and lightly brown the fillets for 2 minutes on each side, then set aside.
  3. In the same pan, cook the onion, garlic and bell pepper for 4 minutes.
  4. Add the diced tomato and the pumpkin, then cook for 5 minutes, stirring.
  5. Pour in the water or stock, add the whole pepper and the thyme, then simmer for 15 minutes until the pumpkin is very tender.
  6. Roughly mash the pumpkin with a spoon to thicken the sauce.
  7. Return the fish fillets to the sauce, cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove the pepper and serve with white rice.

Variations and tips

With what's easy to find. Replace the pumpkin with butternut squash, which has a very similar texture and flavour.

Vegetarian version. Replace the fish with cooked chickpeas and add them to the pumpkin sauce.

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