Ingredients
Baked Hake Ingredients:
- 1 Fillet of hake
- 20ml Olive Oil
- Salt to season
Romantic Tomato Sauce Ingredients:
- 1 Medium Shallot (Finely Sliced)
- 50g Fennell (Finely sliced)
- 10g Roast Garlic
- 40g White Wine
- 20g Pernod
- 100g Romantic Mini Baby plum Tomatoes
- 220g Tomato Juice
- Pinch Smoked Maldon Salt
- 1 Star Anise
- 80g Tinned Piquillo peppers
Semi Dried House Tomatoes Ingredients:
- 50g Vine Cherry Tomatoes
- 1 Clove of garlic (Grated)
- ½ Lime (Juiced)
- ¼ Lemon (juiced)
- 20g Olive Oil
- Salt to season
Basil Oil Ingredients
- 100g Basil (Picked)
- 50g Parsley (Picked)
- 200ml Olive Oil
Basil Crunch Ingredients:
- 20g Fried Basil
- 20g Crispy Fried Shallots
- 20g Crispy Panko Breadcrumbs
- Salt to season
To Garnish:
- Baby Basil
- Lemon Gel
Method
Hake
- Clean and cut the hake into 4 nice 70g portions. Season with salt.
- Place onto greaseproof paper and then onto a tray. Drizzle with olive oil
- Bake at 150C for 8-10 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and serve!
Romantic Tomato Sauce
- Cut the tomatoes into half and place into a bowl. Add the tomato juice, smoked maldon, start anise and piquillo peppers. Leave for 30 minutes to macerate. (This is to enhance the flavour)
- In a medium sized pan, add a splash of olive oil and add the shallots and fennel. Sweat down over a medium heat with a lid until they are just cooked, no colour.
- Add the roast garlic, pernod and white wine and reduce by ¾ until the alcohol starts to coat the vegetables
- Add the macerated tomato mix to the pan, bring to the boil, once boiled place into a blender and blend until smooth.
- Pass through a fine sieve and check the seasoning.
Semi Dried House Tomatoes
- Cut the tomatoes in half and place into a bowl. Add the garlic, lime juice, lemon juice , olive oil and season generously with salt.
- Leave to macerate for 30 minutes
- Place the tomatoes onto a tray, skin side down and put into the oven for 90C for 1 hour 30 minutes.
- Remove and leave to cool.
- Good to store in a small amount of olive oil in the fridge.
Basil Oil
- Place all the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.
- Hang in a tammy cloth until all the oil has dripped clear.
Basil Crunch
- Mix the ingredients together and season with salt.
Ingredients
Baked Hake Ingredients:
- 1 Fillet of hake
- 20ml Olive Oil
- Salt to season
Romantic Tomato Sauce Ingredients:
- 1 Medium Shallot (Finely Sliced)
- 50g Fennell (Finely sliced)
- 10g Roast Garlic
- 40g White Wine
- 20g Pernod
- 100g Romantic Mini Baby plum Tomatoes
- 220g Tomato Juice
- Pinch Smoked Maldon Salt
- 1 Star Anise
- 80g Tinned Piquillo peppers
Semi Dried House Tomatoes Ingredients:
- 50g Vine Cherry Tomatoes
- 1 Clove of garlic (Grated)
- ½ Lime (Juiced)
- ¼ Lemon (juiced)
- 20g Olive Oil
- Salt to season
Basil Oil Ingredients
- 100g Basil (Picked)
- 50g Parsley (Picked)
- 200ml Olive Oil
Basil Crunch Ingredients:
- 20g Fried Basil
- 20g Crispy Fried Shallots
- 20g Crispy Panko Breadcrumbs
- Salt to season
To Garnish:
- Baby Basil
- Lemon Gel
Method
Hake
- Clean and cut the hake into 4 nice 70g portions. Season with salt.
- Place onto greaseproof paper and then onto a tray. Drizzle with olive oil
- Bake at 150C for 8-10 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and serve!
Romantic Tomato Sauce
- Cut the tomatoes into half and place into a bowl. Add the tomato juice, smoked maldon, start anise and piquillo peppers. Leave for 30 minutes to macerate. (This is to enhance the flavour)
- In a medium sized pan, add a splash of olive oil and add the shallots and fennel. Sweat down over a medium heat with a lid until they are just cooked, no colour.
- Add the roast garlic, pernod and white wine and reduce by ¾ until the alcohol starts to coat the vegetables
- Add the macerated tomato mix to the pan, bring to the boil, once boiled place into a blender and blend until smooth.
- Pass through a fine sieve and check the seasoning.
Semi Dried House Tomatoes
- Cut the tomatoes in half and place into a bowl. Add the garlic, lime juice, lemon juice , olive oil and season generously with salt.
- Leave to macerate for 30 minutes
- Place the tomatoes onto a tray, skin side down and put into the oven for 90C for 1 hour 30 minutes.
- Remove and leave to cool.
- Good to store in a small amount of olive oil in the fridge.
Basil Oil
- Place all the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.
- Hang in a tammy cloth until all the oil has dripped clear.
Basil Crunch
- Mix the ingredients together and season with salt.