RECIPE | Quick one-pan Mediterranean fish

Serves: 4-6

Ingredients:

Olive oil

6 frozen hake fillets, lightly defrosted with the skin on

Finely grated rind and juice of 1 lemon

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

1 large onion, sliced

1 clove of garlic, crushed

1 red and 1 yellow or orange pepper, cored and sliced

1 punnet baby tomatoes

250g fresh green beans, trimmed

2 anchovy fillets, sliced into thin strips,optional

5-10ml (1-2 tsp) capers, optional

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 160°C.
2. In a large ovenproof pan preheat a splash of olive oil.
3. Toss the fish fillets in a little extra olive oil, lemon rind and juice and generous seasoning.
4. Fry skin side down in pan for 1-2 minutes, turn and repeat. Remove and set aside.
5. In the same pan without rinsing add extra olive oil if needed and fry the onion, garlic and peppers together until just softening. Add the remaining ingredients and top with the fish, covering with a little of the vegetable mix to stop it drying out.
6. Bake for 20-30 minutes and serve with extra lemon on the side. 

Tips:

• Use any colour of peppers on hand but the red and yellow add a punch of colour to the dish.
• Replace the baby tomatoes with canned chopped tomatoes.
• No beans? Replace with baby marrows, quartered lengthways.
• You can also serve this dish with with brown rice or cauliflower mash.