ROAST MONKFISH WITH SALSA VERDE
& SWEET AND SOUR RED PEPPERS
Serves 4
INGREDIENTS
4 x 6oz monkfish steaks
Oil
Butter
Salt & pepper
FOR SWEET AND SOUR RED PEPPERS
4tbsp olive oil
2 anchovy fillets tinned
2tbsp capers
2 garlic cloves squashed
10 stoned black olives sliced
2 red peppers deseeded and sliced very thinly
¼ pt white wine vinegar
1tbsp sugar
FOR SALSA VERDE
Large bunch parsley, picked
6tbsp small capers
6tbsp small gherkins, chopped
6 anchovy fillets
3 cloves crushed garlic
3tbsp red wine vinegar
Olive oil
METHOD
- Heat the oil and butter in a frying pan, colour the monkfish on both sides and cook through in the oven
- For the sweet and sour peppers, cook through in a little oil in a frying pan, add the anchovy fillets, capers, garlic, peppers, and olives and season
- Mix vinegar and sugar together and add to the peppers, allow to thicken and put to one side
- Put all ingredients for salsa into a food processor and chop
- Add olive oil gradually until it forms a paste
- Place the peppers on a serving plate with the monkfish served on top and a little salsa verde drizzled over