Fish Fillets With Mediterranean Sauce
"This recipe makes a lovely thick sauce perfect in my opinion for most varieties of white, non-oily fish. We like it for its slightly sweet taste which is different from most other tomato-based sauces that generally end up tasting like spaghetti sauce. It's also a pretty healthy recipe, I think."
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 lb ripe tomatoes, seeded and coarsely chopped
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon fresh chives, chopped
- 2 green onions or 2 scallions, finely chopped
- 1⁄3 cup dry white vermouth
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 2 lbs fish fillets (a white variety, such as haddock, cod, catfish, etc.)
- butter (optional)
directions
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TO PREPARE SAUCE:
- Combine first seven ingredients in a saucepan.
- Simmer for 30 minutes.
- Add olive oil, and simmer for an additional 30 minutes or until sauce is thickened and reduced in volume.
- Add Salt and Pepper to taste.
- Serve sauce over fish.
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TO PREPARE FISH:
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There are various methods you may use but I prefere one of the following:
- METHOD ONE:Preheat oven to 400°F Butter a baking dish large enough to hold all the fillets in one layer, and place the fish in it.
- Dot with butter, salt and pepper to taste.
- Cook in the oven 10-12 minutes, or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
- OR.
- METHOD TWO: Place fish fillets on a large piece of aluminum foil.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Fold foil securely around fish and place in steamer over boiling water.
- Steam about 5 minutes, or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
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Reviews
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I used haddock for this lovelty dish and discovered I had no vermouth, so used a dry white wine as a substitute. Made only one pound of fish, but used the entire recipe for the sauce except decreased the wine a tad and added a little water instead to make the 1/3 cup of liquid. Used the oven method and the dish was done in exactly 12 minutes.Thanks so much for sharing this recipe.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
FlemishMinx
Belgium
I am an American married to a Belgian, and have lived in Belgium since December 1999. Cooking is my major hobby. I'm also an avid reader, but I have difficulty finding the time. I love to travel. Since moving to Europe I've been lucky enough to have had the opportunity to go a couple of times per year to Paris, as well as having visited London, Rome, Florence, Naples, Amsterdam, and of course Brussels and Antwerp. I've seen at least parts of most regions of France, as well as parts of Germany, Austria, a great deal of Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia, Luxembourg, and Monaco. I'm absolutely in love with the Bay of Naples and Sorrento coast areas of Italy, which my husband and I recently re-visited on a trip that included Rome, Puglia, Umbria and Marche. I'm still looking forward to Ireland, Spain, Portugal, the Czech Republic . . . the list is too long ! One of the bonuses of travel is getting to taste the local cuisine, and afterward trying to figure out how to duplicate it at home.
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