Georgina Hayden’s Quick And Easy Recipe For Roast Hake With Caper Anchovy Butter | Quick And Easy

I emotion this one-tray dinner; it feels elegant but easy, and worthy of some a midweek repast and if you are entertaining. The punchy anchovy and ail food does each nan difficult work, and gives nan belief of much effort than was really exerted. But what to service it with, I perceive you ask? Well, it wouldn’t beryllium retired of spot pinch creamy mashed potato, buttery polenta aliases a salad. Just make judge to baste nan food halfway done cooking, to get each nan flavour and juices backmost into it.

Roast hake pinch caper anchovy butter

Prep 10 min
Cook 30 min
Serves 4

2 ail cloves, peeled
5 anchovies
4 tbsp capers
½ bunch chives
1 lemon
90g unsalted butter, trim into cubes
Sea brackish and black pepper
250g saccharine bosom cabbage, aliases different greens
2 onions, peeled and halved
2 tbsp oliva oil
4 150g hake aliases cod fillets, skinned and, if request be, pin-boned

Heat nan oven to 220C (200C fan)/425F/gas 7. Put nan ail cloves successful a mini chopper pinch nan anchovies and half nan capers, past tear successful astir of nan chives. Blitz until finely chopped (you tin besides do this by manus aliases successful a mortar). Finely grate successful nan zest of nan lemon, adhd nan food and play well, past blitz soft (if request be, you tin do this up of clip and shop nan food successful nan fridge).

Trim nan guidelines of nan cabbage, trim retired and discard nan core, past finely shred nan cabbage. Finely portion nan halved onions. Place nan cabbage and onions successful a ample roasting tray, compression complete nan juice of half nan lemon, adhd nan oliva oil, play generously and flip to coat. Spread retired nan operation into an moreover layer, past laic nan food fillets connected apical and evenly spoon connected immoderate of nan caper butter; dot immoderate remaining food complete nan cabbage mixture. Cut nan remaining citrus half into good slices, nestle these among nan food and cabbage, past scatter complete nan remaining 2 tablespoons of capers.

Roast for 16-20 minutes, basting everything pinch nan buttery juices halfway through, until nan food is tender and nan cabbage a small charred. Finely chop nan remaining chives, scatter connected apical and serve.

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