Cod Baked With Currants

From Greek Cooking for the Gods, posted for ZWT IV

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup dried currant
• 1  cup dry white wine
• 1⁄2 cup olive oil
• 6  cod steaks, each about 3/4 inch thick
•  salt
•  pepper
• 2  garlic cloves, crushed
• 1  lemon, juice of
• 1 -2  onion, thinly sliced (or chopped)
• 3  tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
• 1 (16 ounce) can chopped tomatoes (with liquid)
• 2  whole cloves

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400. In a small bowl combine currants and wine, set aside.
2. Oil a baking dish in which cod steaks will fit side by side.
3. Place fish steaks in a baking dish. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, then rub with garlic and drizzle with lemon juice.
4. In a large skillet over medium high heat, warm the 1/2 cup oil.
5. Add onions, parsley and tomatoes and cook till onions are soft (5-6 minutes).
6. Add cloves and currants and wine, simmer over medium heat 5 minutes.
7. Pour sauce over fish steaks.
8. Bake until fish flakes easily with a fork (35-45 minutes), basting several times during cooking.
9. Transfer fish to serving plates and spoon sauce over top.