Grilled fish with olives

Name: Grilled fish with olives
Yield: Feeds four
Ingredients: 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar; 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 4 small, fresh fish; sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley; more olive oil and balsamic for drizzling; 1 cup mild and fruity black olives

Preparation info

Feeds
four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Old Food

By Jill Dupleix

Published 1998

About

A fine mix of the fresh and the ancient on the same plate. The simplest of fish, such as little red mullet (barbounia or rouget), sardines, small mackerel or baby silver bream, are licked with balsamic vinegar and served with soft, fruity black olives and olive oil. It’s like eating under an olive grove overlooking the Mediterranean.

Ingredients

4 small, fresh fish
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp

Fish course
Lunch
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Scale, gut and clean fish if necessary. Heat the grill.

Mix olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper, and brush each fish lightly with the dressing. Grill on the first side until well-marked, then carefully turn fish and grill lightly on the other side.

Cut olive meat away from the pips, and mash lightly with the back of a fork, or finely chop. Mix olive meat with parsley. P