Rockfish with Herb‑Almond Crust

Prep: 15min
| Servings: 4 | Cook: 30min
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Rockfish with herb‑almond crust is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the marine fish category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch parsley
  • 8 thyme sprigs
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 200 g cocktail tomatoes
  • 2 Zucchini
  • 50 g black, pitted olives
  • 4 rockfish fillets (about 160 g each, ready to cook, skinless)
  • Sea salt
  • Pepper (freshly ground)
  • 1 untreated lemon (juice and zest)
  • 100 ml olive oil
  • 100 g shelled almonds
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds
  • 200 ml dry white wine
  • 20 ml Noilly Prat

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Preheat the oven to 190°C with fan or conventional heat.

  2. 2.

    Wash parsley, pat dry, roughly chop.

  3. 3.

    Remove thyme leaves from stems.

  4. 4.

    Peel garlic and halve.

  5. 5.

    Rinse tomatoes.

  6. 6.

    Wash zucchini, trim, dice small. Place olives, tomatoes, fennel seeds, and garlic in a lightly oiled baking dish.

  7. 7.

    Clean fish, pat dry, place on the vegetables, season with salt and pepper, drizzle with lemon juice. Blend parsley, thyme, lemon zest, and almonds until smooth; add olive oil until thick paste forms. Spread over fish.

  8. 8.

    Pour white wine and Noilly Prat over fish, drizzle remaining oil. Bake in preheated oven for about 25 minutes. Season vegetables with salt and pepper before serving.