Catalonian Braised Hake with Roast Potatoes
Clock Image
Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 40 mins
Bring some Catalonian heat to your dinner table tonight. This sizzling dish is made with our sustainably sourced hake and a host of Spanish flavours.
This recipe is a:
See this week's box.
Recipe Box Recipe Main Image
477 kcal
(per portion)
Ingredients you'll need
  • 500g potatoes
  • 1 onion
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • A handful of flat leaf parsley
  • A pinch or two of cayenne pepper
  • 400g chopped tomatoes
  • 2 hake fillets
  • 1 lemon
  • 50g sweet salad mix
  • 80g kalamata olives
From your kitchen
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 2 tbsp + 200ml water
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Heat your oven to 200°C/Fan 180°C/Gas 6. Scrub the potatoes and chop them into bite-size pieces. Pop them in a bowl and toss them with 1 tbsp oil and a pinch of salt and pepper. Spread out on a baking tray or in a roasting tin and roast for 40 mins till they are golden and cooked through.

  • 2.

    While the potatoes roast, peel and finely chop the onion. Peel and grate or crush the garlic. Finely chop the parsley stalks and leaves, keeping them separate. Warm a deep frying pan or wok and add the onion with 2 tbsp water. Season with salt and pepper. Fry over a low heat for 5 mins till the onion has just softened. Stir often.

  • 3.

    Stir the garlic and parsley stalks into the onion. Add a pinch of the cayenne pepper (it's pretty spicy, so add as little or as much as you like). Cook and stir for 1 min till the pan smells aromatic and spicy.

  • 4.

    Add the tomatoes to the pan. Half fill the can with water (around 200ml). Add that to the pan too. Stir in the olives. Cover. Bring the tomato sauce to the boil. Turn the heat down and simmer for 8-10 mins till the sauce starts to thicken.

  • 5.

    Add the hake fillets to the pan, skin side down. Pop the lid back on. Simmer for 8-10 mins till the fish is opaque and cooked through.

  • 6.

    While the hake cooks, halve the lemon. Juice one half. Slice the other half into wedges for later. Pop the salad in a bowl and drizzle over the lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper. Toss to mix.

  • 7.

    Taste the tomato sauce and adjust the seasoning if you think it needs it. Serve the hake and tomato sauce with the roast potatoes, salad and lemon wedges, garnished with chopped parsley.

  • 8.

This recipe is from