Halibut With Peppers - (Mero A La Bilbaina) Recipe - Cooking Index
You can increase the quantity of the puree by the addition of fish stock if you choose.
Cuisine: Spanish6 | Halibut - thick slices | |
(or other white fish) - about 1 1/2 | ||
Pounds | ||
1 | Onion - chopped (large) | |
3 | Garlic cloves - minced (large) | |
3 | Red peppers - seeded and minced (large) | |
1/2 | Lemon - juice only (large) | |
1 | Bay leaf | |
5 tablespoons | 75ml | Olive oil |
Salt and pepper - to taste |
Heat olive oil in frying pan. Brown onion and garlic. Fry peppers until mixture reduces to a pulp. Sprinkle fish slices with salt, put in baking dish greased with olive oil. Pour lemon juice and a thin stream of olive oil over fish and bake in preheated 325F oven, basting occasionally.
When pepper-onion-garlic mixture has reduced to a pulp, add a little of the juice from the baking fish, season with salt and pepper, add bay leaf, and continue cooking the puree another 5 minutes. Pass it through a sieve, cover the fish with the puree, and continue baking until fish is done (a total of 20 to 30 minutes).
Source:
Barbara Norman
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