Niçoise of sea bream

Name: Niçoise of sea bream (Daurade à la Niçoise)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: fresh basil leaves; 4 large tomatoes, skinned and chopped; 4 tbsp olive oil; 4 garlic cloves, chopped; 85 g (3 oz) pitted Niçoise olives, chopped; 250 g (9 oz) small new potatoes, cooked and sliced; 375 g (13 oz) French green beans, trimmed; 4 anchovy fillets, finely chopped; 4 sea bream fillets, each about 175 g (6 oz); sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Daurade à la Niçoise

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

New Bistro

By Fran Warde

Published 2009

About

This is a dish that takes its name from the region around Nice and in many bistros you will be served fish or meat that is cooked à la Niçoise. There is also, of course, the famous Niçoise salad, which consists of quality vegetables from the area and tuna.

Ingredients

4 tbsp olive oil
4 large tomatoes, skinned and chopped
4 garlic cloves, chopped

Europe
France
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5. Place the olive oil, chopped tomatoes, garlic, anchovies, green beans and potatoes in a large bowl, add seasoning and mix well, coating all the ingredients in the oil.

Put the vegetable mixture in a roasting tin, cover with foil and place