We have an actual tagine, but I opted to cook this as written in a glass baking dish, in part because I didn't think I could fit all the ingredients in the actual tagine. It was decently tasty but not a favourite.
Fish Tagine with Carrots and Olives
Dish of the Day by Kate McMillan (p. 244)
Ingredients
- 4+2 tbsp olive oil, divided
- ¼ C chopped cilantro
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- ½+½ tsp salt, divided
- ⅛+⅛ tsp pepper, divided
- 4 halibut or cod fillets, ~185g each
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp ground turmeric
- 500g carrots, peeled and thinly sliced
- 1 onion, halved and thinly sliced
- 24 kalamata olives, pitted
- 1 lemon, thinly sliced
Directions
- In a large bowl, whisk together 4 tbsp oil with the cilantro, lemon juice, garlic, ½ tsp salt, and ⅛ tsp pepper.
- Add the fish and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 30-60 minutes, turning once.
- In another bowl, combine the remaining 2 tbsp oil, honey, cumin, cinnamon, ginger, turmeric, ½ tsp salt, and ⅛ tsp pepper.
- Add the carrots and toss to coat.
- Arrange the carrot slices evenly in the bottom of a 9"×13" glass baking dish.
- Layer half the onion and lemon slices on top.
- Layer the fish on top of that, reserving the marinade.
- Layer remaining onion and lemon slices on top of the fish.
- Sprinkle over olives, then pour over reserved marinade.
- Cover with tinfoil, leaving a small gap at the edges.
- Bake at 375°F for 1 hour, or until fish flakes easily and vegetables are tender.
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