Hake with Apples and Cider

Name: Hake with Apples and Cider (Merluza con Manzana al Aroma de Sidra)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 1 tbsp plain (all-purpose) flour; 150 ml/5 fl oz/⅔ cup cider; 1 onion, finely diced; 3 garlic cloves, crushed; 2 ripe tomatoes, peeled, de-seeded and diced or 3 tbsp canned chopped tomatoes; 2 tbsp chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 150 ml/5 fl oz/⅔ cup fish stock; 2 ripe tomatoes, peeled, de-seeded and diced or 3 tbsp canned chopped tomatoes; 4 x 200 g/7 oz hake fillets, skinned (or 175 g/6 oz fillets if you are serving potatoes too); 2 tbsp plain (all-purpose) flour seasoned with a large pinch of salt; 4 tbsp olive oil; 4 x 200 g/7 oz hake fillets, skinned (or 175 g/6 oz fillets if you are serving potatoes too); 2 tbsp plain (all-purpose) flour seasoned with a large pinch of salt; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 raw king prawns (jumbo shrimp), optional; 4 raw king prawns (jumbo shrimp), optional; 15 fresh clams (optional); 1 dessert (eating) apple, sliced; 15 g/½ oz/1 tbsp unsalted (sweet) butter; Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Merluza con Manzana al Aroma de Sidra

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food of Northern Spain

By Jenny Chandler

Published 2005

About

Fish and apples are not a common partnership but when I tucked into this dish in the Asturian city of Oviedo I was instantly smitten. You could add some cooked potatoes to the sauce or use a different fish altogether. I ate another delicious version made with red sea bream.

Ingredients

4 x 200 g/7 oz hake fillets, skinned (or 175 g/6

Europe
Spain
Oviedo
Navarre
Asturias
Galicia
Fish course
Pescatarian
Mediterranean
Catalonia

Method

Make sure your fillets are free from any bones, then toss them in the seasoned flour.

Heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan or better still a terracotta cazuela. Add the onion and fry until softened. Add the garlic and hake, turning the fish over after 2 minutes or once it begins to brown.

Next sprinkle the onion with a little flour and give the pan shake.

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