BAKED FISH WITH GREEN OLIVE TAPENADE
BAKED FISH WITH GREEN OLIVE TAPENADE
BAKED FISH WITH GREEN OLIVE TAPENADE

Ingredients
  • 4 plaice fillets
  • 150ml/5fl oz dry white wine
  • butter for greasing
  • 50g/1¾oz anchovy fillets
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • peeled
  • 175g/6¼oz pitted green olives
  • 1 lemon
  • juice only
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 20g/¾oz
  • or large handful
  • basil leaves
  • 20g/¾oz
  • or large handful
  • flatleaf parsley
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 16 baby plum or cherry tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
Directions
  • Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
  • To make the tapenade
  • place the anchovies
  • garlic
  • olives
  • lemon juice and four tablespoons of olive oil in a food processor and blend to a coarse mixture
  • don't make it too smooth. Add the basil and parsley and pulse gently to combine. Season to taste.
  • Take the tapenade mixture and spread over one side of each plaice fillet. Roll up the fillets from the head to the tail end and fix with a small skewer or cocktail stick. Put the fillets into a baking dish and pour the wine over the fish.
  • Place a piece of generously buttered parchment or baking paper directly on top of each fillet
  • butter side down
  • and bake for 20 minutes.
  • Meanwhile
  • place the tomatoes on a baking tray and coat with the oil. Roast until the skins start to split
  • about 10-15 minutes.
  • Serve the baked fish with the tomatoes. Drizzle any cooking juices over the fish.