Food Monday ~ Portuguese Monkfish

Portuguese Monkfish

Serves 4

Preheat the oven to 190ºC

750g monkfish

500g tomatoes, skinned & seeded

2 onions

1 sweet red pepper, cored & seeded

2 tablespoons olive oil

½ teaspoon chilli powder

1 teaspoon salt

To garnish lemon slices & chopped parsley

Remove any bones from the monkfish and divide into four pieces. Arrange them in a greased ovenproof dish. In a food processor using a metal chopping blade, chop the tomatoes, onions & red pepper. Add the oil, chilli powder & salt. Mix well and pour over the fish. Cover and cook in a preheated oven for 20 minutes. Remove the lid for the last five minutes.

Garnish with lemon slices and parsley and serve with boiled new potatoes and green beans.

6 Comments »

  1. steph said,

    April 20, 2009 at 6:54 am

    ………………..Gone Fishing ;-)

  2. Grannymar said,

    April 20, 2009 at 8:14 am

    Steph,

    The early bird catches the worm, so that might help to catch the fish!

  3. Annb said,

    April 20, 2009 at 11:01 am

    Oh on my way to the fish shop this minute, thanks for showing me another way to eat my favourite fish

  4. Grannymar said,

    April 20, 2009 at 3:07 pm

    Annb - A tasty one today.

  5. wisewebwoman said,

    April 20, 2009 at 7:52 pm

    Nice recipe.

    Funny, isn’t it, how they always look as if they are yelling (maybe sermonizing? - ha!)

    http://www.caigcs.org/UserFiles/Image/monkfish.jpg
    xo
    WWW

  6. Grannymar said,

    April 20, 2009 at 7:55 pm

    WWW,

    Do they ever close their mouths?

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