Christmas Recipes: Main Dishes. No.2 of 12 - Plaice with Tomato
and Caper
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Calories per serving: 340
Not suitable for freezing
Christmas Recipe Ingredients:
* Plaice fillets, 8 (550 g, 1.25 lb)
* Black Olive Paste, 75 g (5 tbsp)
* Dry white wine, 150 ml (5 fl oz)
* Tomatoes, 1 large or 2 small
* Black olives, 25 g (1 oz)
* Capers, 30 ml (2 tbsp)
* Lemon juice, 60 ml (4 tbsp)
* Lemon rind, half a lemon
* Olive oil, 60 ml (4 tbsp)
* Salt and pepper
Christmas Recipe Instructions:
1. Remove the plaice skin and put black olive paste on the
smoother sode. Roll up.
2. Combine the fish and wine, simmering until cooked (about 10
minutes). Separate the fish from the liquid and keep warm on the
seerving dish.
3. Cut the tomatoes open and remove the seeds. Cut into small
pieces. Slice the black olives finely.
4. Mix the capers, lemon juice, lemon rind, olive oil, salt and
pepper, and the cooked liquid from step 2 (60 ml, 4 tbsp). Add
the tomatoes and olives from step 3. Pour over the fish.
5. Garnish with fried garlic slices and basil leaves.