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Sicilian Baked Fish in Orange Tomato sauce

Mediterranean Baked Fish in Orange Tomato sauce

Featuring the Mediterranean Fish Provencal baked in Orange Tomato sauce with olives and basil that is going to look so festive on your table
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Course: Main Course, Main Dish
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: Baked fish, orange and tomato, white fish
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 4 people

Ingredients

  • 2 lb white fish fillet
  • 500 gr fresh plum tomatoes
  • 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 3 oranges
  • 1 pinch sea salt
  • 1 pinch ground black pepper
  • 1 bunch fresh basil leaves torn into pieces
  • 16 small black olives
  • 4 tbsp plain white flour for dusting (optional)

Instructions

  • Prepare your ingredients
    Ingredients for the sicilian baked white fish recipe
  •  Pour boiling water over the tomatoes and allow to stand for 1-2 minutes. Preheat the oven to 180 C/350 F/gas 4. Zest one orange, juice two oranges. Chop the garlic. Peel the tomatoes easily.
    Squeezed orange juice, orange zest, minced garlic, peeled tomatoes, salt and pepper
  •  Heat 4 tbsp. of olive oil in a heavy pan over a medium heat. Add the garlic and as soon as it begins to sizzle, the chopped tomatoes and the juice of 2 oranges, together with the zest of 1 orange and a pinch of salt. Simmer uncovered for 12-15 minutes, stirring occasionally to help the tomatoes break down until you have a thick tomato sauce. Take off the heat and add half the basil.
     If you are doing fish fillet disregard this, but if you want to do the whole fish follow the following steps. Season the flour well and lightly dust over both sides of the fish. Heat the remaining oil in anon-stick frying pan in which all the fish will lie flat, over high heat. When the oil is very hot, add the fish and fry for 2 minutes on each side. Remove the fish carefully with a slotted spoon.
    Orange tomato sauce
  •  Place the fish in an earthenware dish in which it lays flat and dot with tomato sauce. Cut the remaining orange into slices. Sprinkle the olives around the fish and arrange the orange slices over the top. Place in the preheated oven and bake for 15 minutes. Serve very hot straight from the dish, sprinkled with the remaining torn basil.
     
    Arranged fish for baking
  • Bon Appétit!
    Baked fish in Orange Tomato sauce garnished with fresh basil and olives ready to serve
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