45 mins
Super easy
serves 1
About the recipe
This is one of the best ways to cook fish – the foil bag keeps the flavours beautifully intense.
Ingredients
1 large free-range egg
100g potatoes
½ a bulb of fennel
½ a lemon
5 ripe cherry tomatoes
1 handful of black olives (stone in)
1 x 120g firm white fish fillet, such as sea bass, haddock, halibut, skin off, pin-boned, from sustainable sources
olive oil
1 splash of white wine
Method
- Make a bag for your fish by tearing off a 35cm x 45cm strip of tin foil and folding it in half across the middle. Fold three of the sides up like an envelope, sealing the edges by brushing them with a little beaten egg before folding. Leave one side open.
- Roughly chop or slice the potatoes, then cook in a pan of boiling salted water for 6 minutes. Drain and leave to cool slightly.
- Trim and chop the fennel into wedges, reserving the fronds, then finely slice the lemon. Halve the cherry tomatoes, then squash the olives and remove the stones.
- Place the fennel, lemon, tomatoes and olives into a large bowl with the cooled potatoes and fish. Drizzle lightly with oil, and season with sea salt and black pepper, then toss gently to coat.
- Carefully transfer everything to the foil bag, sprinkle in the fennel fronds, then loosely fold up the open side and pop the bag in the fridge until needed.
- When you’re ready to cook, preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas 6.
- Unravel the loose side of the bag, pour in the wine, then reseal and place on a baking tray.
- Cook for 18 to 20 minutes, or until the fish and potatoes are cooked through.
- To serve, place the bag on a serving plate and gently pierce to release the steam – the tomatoes and wine will have made a delicious sauce. Delicious served with steamed broccoli or green beans.
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