Main · Season 18

Butterflied, Stuffed, Rolled Flathead With Fish Jus

Name: Butterflied, Stuffed, Rolled Flathead With Fish Jus
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 rock flathead (about 700g), scaled and gutted; grapeseed oil, for cooking; sea salt, to taste; 60g unsalted butter; 1 shallot, roughly chopped; 2 garlic cloves; 3 bay leaves; 100g fresh breadcrumbs; 2 anchovy fillets; 1 tbsp capers, finely chopped; 1 tbsp preserved lemon, finely chopped; 1 tsp fennel seeds, lightly crushed; ½ tsp chilli flakes; 1 lemon, zested; 2 tbsp flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped; salt and pepper, to taste; 40g butter; 2 tsp fish sauce; reserved flathead backbone; 1 tbsp milk powder; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 carrot, roughly chopped; 2 celery sticks, roughly chopped; ½ fennel bulb, roughly chopped (reserve fronds for garnish); 1 onion, roughly chopped; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 100ml dry white wine; 500ml fish stock; shiro dashi, to taste; fresh lemon juice, to taste

Annabel Lloyd

Contestant · 21 Jun 2026

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Components

Ingredients

Season

Ingredients

Flathead

1rock flathead (about 700g), scaled and gutted

grapeseed oil, for cooking

sea salt, to taste

Breadcrumb Stuffing

60gunsalted butter

1shallot, roughly chopped

2garlic cloves

3bay leaves

100gfresh breadcrumbs

2anchovy fillets

1 tbspcapers, finely chopped

1 tbsppreserved lemon, finely chopped

1 tspfennel seeds, lightly crushed

½ tspchilli flakes

1lemon, zested

2 tbspflat-leaf parsley, finely chopped

salt and pepper, to taste

Brown Butter Fish Sauce Glaze

40gbutter

2 tspfish sauce

Flathead Jus

reserved flathead backbone

1 tbspmilk powder

1 tbspolive oil

1carrot, roughly chopped

2celery sticks, roughly chopped

½fennel bulb, roughly chopped (reserve fronds for garnish)

1onion, roughly chopped

2garlic cloves, crushed

100mldry white wine

500mlfish stock

shiro dashi, to taste

fresh lemon juice, to taste

caster sugar, to taste

salt, to taste

40gcold butter, cubed

Garnish

reserved fennel fronds, for garnish

lemon cheeks, to serve

Method

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FlatheadButterAnchovyFennelDinner

Recipe by Annabel Lloyd, Season 18. Originally published by Network 10 on 21 Jun 2026.

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