Sunday, June 22, 2008

Fish in Lemon Sauce

For 2 servings as a main course.
Ingredients:
2 portions of fish of white fish of your choice
Lemon rind of 1/2 a lemon
Lemon juice of 1 whole lemon
1 clove garlic very finely chopped or grated
salt
pepper
1/2 cup fresh herbs: chives, basil, parsley, coriander, dill - whatever you have at hand.
2 tsp olive oil

Method:
  1. Mix the garlic, lemon rind and salt together. Press it down with the side of the knife so the garlic starts to "melt".
  2. Add to this the lemon juice and pepper. Mix so that the garlic dissolves. It may be easier to do this with a hand blender if you have one.
  3. Chop the herbs very finely and keep to the side.
  4. Add the olive oil to a pan and heat on MEDIUM HIGH flame. Add the fish and cook for 2 minutes on each side or until fish is cooked properly.
  5. Add the lemon sauce and move the pan around to evenly distribute- do not move the fish or they may break up. Add water and move pan around again.
  6. Immediately add the chopped herbs.
  7. Cook until most of the water in the sauce disappears - you should be left with about 2-4 tablespoons of liquid.
  8. Serve immediately.

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