Elmali ve Soğanli Balik

Name: Elmali ve Soğanli Balik (Fish Baked with Apple and Onion)
Yield: Serves Six
Cuisine: Turkey
Ingredients: 2 fairly large onions, sliced; 1 kg (2¼ lb) cooking apples; 1 kg (2¼ lb) (cleaned weight) fish; 3 or 4 bay leaves; salt; cayenne pepper; sprig of parsley, chopped; 300 ml (10½ fl oz) olive oil

Fish Baked with Apple and Onion

Preparation info

Serves
Six

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mediterranean Seafood

By Alan Davidson

Published 1981

About

This Turkish recipe, which has been supplied by Ali Tomak of Bulancak on the Turkish Black Sea coast, is especially interesting since the use of apple echoes certain Russian fish recipes from the other side of the Black Sea. Any fish with firm white flesh can be used. Mr Tomak recommends turbot.

Ingredients

1 kg (2¼ lb) (cleaned weight) fish
1 kg (2¼

Asia
Turkey
Fish course
Pescatarian
Mediterranean
Gluten-free
Spicy

Method

The fish should be in slices of not more than 2.5 cm (1") thick. Cook these gently in boiling water for 2 minutes only.

Core, peel and slice the apples. Cover the bottom of a fireproof pot (a clay