Roasted Hake With Sweet Peppers
- 1 small bunch fresh lemon or regular thyme
- 1 1/2 pounds hake fillets
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt, more as needed
- Black pepper
- 3 large bell peppers, preferably 1 red, 1 orange and 1 yellow, thinly sliced
- 4 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, more for drizzling
- 1/4 cup pitted, sliced black or green olives, or use a combination
- 1 teaspoon sherry vinegar
- 1 garlic clove, grated
- 1 cup loosely packed Italian parsley leaves, chopped
- Heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Pull 1 tablespoon thyme leaves off the bunch and finely chop.
- Season fish all over with a large pinch or two of salt and pepper and rub with chopped thyme leaves.
- Let rest at room temperature while you prepare peppers.
- Spread peppers on a rimmed sheet pan and toss with 1 1/2 tablespoons oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt and the black pepper.
- Top peppers with the remaining thyme sprigs.
- Roast, tossing occasionally, until peppers are softened and golden at the edges, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Increase oven temperature to 500 degrees.
- Push peppers to the edges of the pan, clearing a space in the center.
- Lay fish out on that empty space and drizzle with oil.
- Scatter olives over the top of fish and peppers.
- Roast until fish turns opaque and is just cooked through, 6 to 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine vinegar, garlic and a pinch of salt in a bowl.
- Whisk in remaining 3 tablespoons olive oil, then whisk in parsley.
- Taste and add more salt or vinegar, or both, if needed.
- Serve fish and peppers drizzled with vinaigrette.
thyme, hake fillets, salt, black pepper, bell peppers, extravirgin olive oil, black, sherry vinegar, garlic, parsley
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017725 (may not work)