Hake with stewed peppers

This Spanish-inspired dish of white fish with sweet paprika-spiked peppers will bring a taste of the sunny Mediterranean to your dinner plate

  • Prep:20 mins
    Cook:35 mins
  • Serves 4
  • Easy

Nutrition per serving

  • kcal 392
  • fat 21g
  • saturates 3g
  • carbs 28g
  • sugars 18g
  • fibre 5g
  • protein 23g
  • salt 0.7g

Ingredients

  • 3 red peppers
  • 3 yellow peppers
  • 6 tbsp good Spanish olive oil
  • 1 onion, finely sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 4 thyme sprigs, leaves removed, stems reserved
  • 1 tbsp clear honey
  • 3 tbsp sherry vinegar
  • large pinch of smoked Spanish paprika (pimenton)
  • small handful green olives, stoned and halved
  • 3 tbsp flour
  • 4 small hake fillets (or cod if you can't find it)

Method

  1. Blister the peppers under the grill or over a flame until blackened, then put in a bowl, cover with cling film and leave to cool. Peel and deseed the peppers, catching any juices by straining them into a small bowl and setting aside. Cut the pepper flesh into thin strips and set aside.

  2. Put 3 tbsp of the olive oil in a shallow pan with the onion, garlic and thyme stems, and sweat over a low heat for 15-20 mins until softened and starting to brown. Add the pepper strips, half the honey, half the pepper juice and 2 tbsp Sherry vinegar, and cook until it makes a sticky relish. Season with the paprika, stir through the olives and set aside – this is best served at room temperature.

  3. Mix the remaining pepper juices, vinegar and honey with 2 tbsp olive oil and half the thyme leaves to make a dressing, then set aside. Toss the flour with the rest of the thyme leaves and some seasoning, and use to dust the hake. Heat the remaining olive oil in a large non-stick frying pan and fry the hake for 6-8 mins, skin-side down until golden, then flip over and continue to fry until cooked through. Spoon a puddle of the pepper mix onto each plate and top with a piece of hake. Drizzle the dressing over the plate and serve.

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