ROASTED HAKE WITH TOMATO AND BASIL SAUCE
A classic Spanish dish that will work well with any white fish.
Shopping list
4 x 200g hake portionsOlive oil
salt and pepper
1 onion diced
2 sticks celery
1kg vine tomatoes
2 red peppers
3 cloves garlic
Tomatoe puree
Method
Cut the Hake fillets in to portions, drizzle in olive oil and add pinch of sea salt, dust of white pepper. Roast in a hot oven for 7-10 minutes depending on size.
Remove from the oven, top with a little delicious roasted tomato and basil sauce.
Sauce
Roughly cut some onions, celery, ripe vine tomatoes, red peppers, garlic, add a good spoon of tomato puree.
Place all ingredients into a hot oven and roast for around 20 minutes until tender.
Take all the roasted vegetables and blitz /blend/ liquidise.
To thin the sauce down in the blender, add some fish stock (or hot water mix with a fish stock cube).
Strain through a fine sieve and into a sauce pan and chop or rip some fresh basil and add just before serving.
Serving suggestion
This fish is ideal served with hand cut chips, sautéed potatoes or crushed garlic potatoes. Steamed Savoy cabbage, greens beans, char grilled courgettes are ideal partners with Hake.
