Baked fish in the style of Spetses

Name: Baked fish in the style of Spetses
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 400 g/14 oz ripe tomatoes, peeled and finely diced; 1 fresh red or green chilli, deseeded and finely chopped; 4 cod or hake steaks; 4 cod or hake steaks; vegetable oil, for greasing; 2–3 sprigs of fresh flat leaf parsley; salt and ground black pepper; salt and ground black pepper; 4 slices of white bread, toasted, then crumbed in a food processor; steamed green beans and lemon wedges, to serve; steamed green beans and lemon wedges, to serve; 75–90 ml/5–6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 175 ml/6 fl oz/¾ cup white wine; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 60 ml/4 tbsp finely chopped flat leaf parsley; 1 fresh red or green chilli, deseeded and finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food & Cooking of Greece

By Rena Salaman

Published 2023

About

All kinds of fish are prepared in this way on the tiny island of Spetses, which is one of the Saronic islands. Serve psari a la spetsiota with lemon for squeezing over and a large fresh salad, or with little boiled potatoes and garlicky green beans, for a complete summer meal.

Ingredients

4 cod or hake steaks
vegetable oil, for greasing
2–3 sprigs of fresh flat leaf parsley

Europe
Greece
Fish course
Pescatarian
Summer
Mediterranean

Method

Mix all the sauce ingredients in a bowl, then add some salt and pepper. Set the mixture aside.

Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5. Rinse the fish steaks