Roasted hake with tomato and basil sauce
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
4 x 200g hake portions
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
1 onion diced
2 sticks celery
1kg vine tomatoes
2 red peppers
3 cloves garlic
Tomato puree
Iceberg lettuce (optional)
Method
- Cut the hake fillets into portions, drizzle in olive oil and add a pinch of sea salt and a 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 chop the onions, celery, ripe vine tomatoes, red peppers and garlic.
- Place all ingredients into a baking tray, add a good teaspoon of tomato puree and roast in the oven for around 20 minutes until tender.
- Once cooked, remove the roasted vegetables and liquidise in a blender or food processor
- To thin the sauce down in the blender, add some fish stock (or hot water mixed with a fish stock cube).
- Strain through a fine sieve and into a sauce pan. Add some torn leaves of fresh basil just before serving. Serve with lettuce if you wish.
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