Grilled Hake Topped with Sauce Vierge
https://foodloversmarket.co.za/recipes/grilled-hake-sauce-vierge/
A healthy and balanced meal, rather than the usual garlic & butter; Sauce Vierge is a delicious addition to your grilled hake. Sauce Vierge is a combination of fresh green herbs, olive oil & tomato. This edition used a mix of fresh herbs with capers and sundried tomatoes.
Cooking Methods
- Grilling
Serves
2Ingredients
- 4 fresh Hake fillets
- 30ml (2 Tbsp) butter
Sauce Vierge:
- 60ml Food Lover’s Signature extra virgin olive oil
- Juice of half a lemon
- 60g butter
- Handful of basil leaves, chopped
- Handful of chives, chopped
- Handful of dill, chopped
- 200g cherry tomatoes, diced
- 100g Food Lover’s green olives, pitted and chopped
- 60ml (¼ cup) capers, chopped
- 30ml (1 Tbsp) Campagna sundried tomatoes, chopped
- 5ml (1 tsp) lemon zest
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 220°C.
- Heat the lemon juice in a pan and add the olive oil and butter.
- Bring to a gentle simmer, and then turn the heat to low. Add the herbs, tomatoes, olives, capers and lemon zest. Stir through the mixture until heated through. Remove from stovetop and set aside.
- To prepare the hake; season with salt and freshly-ground black pepper. Pan fry it briefly on both sides in butter, on a high heat.
- Place the pan in the oven for 4 minutes, remove and serve immediatly topped with the sauce vierge and micro herbs.
- Preheat the oven to 220°C.
- Heat the lemon juice in a pan and add the olive oil and butter.
- Bring to a gentle simmer, and then turn the heat to low. Add the herbs, tomatoes, olives, capers and lemon zest. Stir through the mixture until heated through. Remove from stovetop and set aside.
- To prepare the hake; season with salt and freshly-ground black pepper. Pan fry it briefly on both sides in butter, on a high heat.
- Place the pan in the oven for 4 minutes, remove and serve immediately. Top with the sauce vierge and micro herbs.
Notes
Can I use another fish instead of hake?
Yes, of course! You can pair a sauce Vierge with any fish you like, we recommend a white flesh fish like kingklip, cob etc.
