Serves: 4
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes
- 500 g baby potatoes, thinly sliced
- 3 T butter
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 250 g frozen peas
- 1 x 800 g box frozen skinless baby hake
- 3 cloves garlic, smashed
- sage, a few sprigs
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Thinly slice the baby potatoes, then place in a pan with 1 T butter, season, and gently fry for 5 minutes until just cooked. Set aside the potatoes and add the frozen peas and 2 T butter. Season to taste. Fry until the peas are just cooked, remove from the heat, mash roughly, then set aside.
- Arrange the frozen skinless baby hake in a cast- iron pan or baking tray with smashed garlic, a few sprigs of sage and season to taste.
- Top with the baby potatoes and bake for 20–25 minutes, or until the fish is cooked through and potatoes are golden. Serve topped with the smashed peas.
*Recipe by Hannah Lewry, courtesy of taste.co.za.
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