Home made roasted halibut in cherry tomatoes and black olives tastes like heaven. When I discovered it for the first time in Italy, I was speechless. Simply delicious and takes only about 25 minutes to prepare. Perfect option for vegetarians.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Wait Time: 2 hours
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- 500 g halibut fillets or any other white fish fillets
- 200 g black olives halved
- 700 g cherry tomatoes in halves
- sea salt and black pepper
- 70 g pine nuts
- 4 Tbsp basil leaves - the more, the better
- 1 lemon
- 125 ml olive oil
Method:
1. Clean the fish under cold water. Season with pepper, juice from one lemon and 50 ml olive oil. Leave in a fridge for about 2 hours.
2. Heat the oven to 200 C.
3. Heat remaining olive oil in a large skillet and cook the fillets for about 2-3 minutes until one sides turns gold crispy.
4. Move the fillets into a large baking dish. Add cherry tomatoes cut into halves, basil leaves, pine nuts and halved black olives. Season one more time with black pepper and drizzle with olive oil.
5. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 15 minutes or until fish becomes tender. Remember to cover top of the baking dish with a tin-foil to avoid fish drying.
6. Serve hot on warm plates decorated with fresh basil leaves. You migh drizzle a bit of olive oil over the fillets.
ENJOY!!!
