Fish and Seafood Recipes - Monkfish with Tomatoes and Garlic Recipe

Ingredients

Serve 4

• 4 x 175 g/6 oz monkfish steaks

• 3 tablespoons olive oil

• 1 tablespoon chopped oregano, to garnish

Marinade:

• 5 tablespoons olive oil

• 2 tablespoons lemon juice

• 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley

Tomato sauce:

• 2 tablespoons olive oil

• 4 garlic cloves, chopped

• 750 g/1 1/2 lb tomatoes, skinned and chopped

• 4 anchovy fillets, chopped

• salt and pepper

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Method:

1. Wash the monkfish steaks under cold running water and pat dry with kitchen paper. Put all the marinade ingredients in a bowl and mix together well.

2. Add the monkfish steaks to the marinade, turning them until they are thoroughly coated and glistening with oil. Cover the bowl and leave in a cool place to marinate for at least 1 hour. 

3. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan. Remove the fish steaks from the marinade, add them to the pan and fry gently until they are cooked and golden brown on both sides, turning the fish once during cooking.

4. Remove the steaks from the pan, transfer to a warmed serving dish and keep warm. While the fish steaks are cooking, make the tomato sauce.

5. Heat the olive oil in a pan. Add the garlic and fry over a low heat until just golden. Add the tomatoes and anchovies and cook over a medium heat until the tomatoes are reduced to a thick pulpy consistency.

6. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Pour the sauce over the fish and sprinkle with oregano, to garnish.