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What’s for dinner? Roasted garlic hake bake
Fresh hake fillets baked with tomato, chorizo and a yummy garlic sauce. An all-in-one vibrant and light meal for your next family feast.
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Serves 4
You’ll need: 30ml olive oil; 1 onion, thinly sliced; 5 sprigs thyme; 1 Tbsp Dijon mustard; 2 Tbsp lemon juice; 1 x Royco Roasted Garlic Sauce; 250ml water; salt; pepper; 1 cup flour; 8 x 50-60g or 4 x 100-120g portions hake; 125ml oil
How to:
- Heat a pan over medium heat. Add the olive oil, onion and thyme. Fry for 5 minutes.
- Add the mustard, lemon juice and Royco Roasted Garlic Sauce and water. Allow simmering for 2 minutes, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Remove from the heat and put aside.
- Put the flour into a bowl and season it generously with salt and pepper.
- Toss the hake pieces in the flour then dust the excess off.
- Heat the oil in a non-stick pan. Fry the hake until golden and cooked through.
- Spoon the hot onion and garlic sauce over the base of a platter, and top with the golden hake pieces.
- Serve with steamed green beans and roasted tomatoes.
*Recipe and image by the Royco.