BAKED HAKE WITH GREEN SAUCE AND FENNEL SALAD
BAKED HAKE WITH GREEN SAUCE AND FENNEL SALAD
BAKED HAKE WITH GREEN SAUCE AND FENNEL SALAD

Ingredients
  • 165g/6oz unsalted butter
  • 265g/9oz panko or sourdough breadcrumbs
  • 2 tsp sea salt
  • glug of olive oil
  • 4 x 150g/5½oz–200g/7oz hake fillet
  • skin-on
  • pin-boned
  • 1 bunch flatleaf parsley
  • ½ bunch fresh tarragon
  • 4–6 anchovy fillets
  • 1 tbsp small capers
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • roughly chopped
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 unwaxed lemon
  • finely grated zest only
  • 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 4–6 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove
  • crushed
  • 1 orange
  • finely grated zest and juice
  • 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 fennel bulbs
  • thinly sliced on a mandolin
  • 2 green apples
  • cored
  • sliced and cut into matchsticks
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh dill
Directions
  • Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6. Melt the butter in an ovenproof frying pan over a medium–high heat until it starts to turn brown. Add the breadcrumbs and salt and cook until golden brown. Tip the mixture onto a plate and leave to cool. Wipe out the pan.
  • Heat the oil in the frying pan over a medium–high heat. Add the hake and cook for 2–3 minutes. Turn the fish over and top with the breadcrumb mixture. Transfer to the oven and bake for 4 minutes
  • or until cooked through.
  • Meanwhile
  • for the green sauce
  • blend together the parsley
  • tarragon
  • anchovies
  • capers and garlic in a food processor. Add the mustard
  • lemon zest and vinegar
  • then with the engine running pour in the oil until you have a smooth sauce.
  • For the salad
  • make a vinaigrette by mixing together the garlic
  • orange zest and juice
  • vinegar
  • mustard and oil in a small bowl. Put the fennel
  • apple and dill in large bowl and toss with the vinaigrette.
  • Serve the fish with the green sauce and the salad alongside.