12.11.09
Oven baked breaded fish
I love crispy crusty breaded fish, but since I don´t fry, I´d assumed it was something I´d never eat at home and that was that.
This is done in the oven, and is falling off a log easy, takes just a few minutes and comes out just great. There is no greasy fug around the house, and even though it pains me to point this out, it is a much lighter and healthier way of cooking.
Tamasin´s Kitchen Bible, the book it´s from, is rather bossy in its insistence on fresh produce and seasonal stuff and what not. I agree in principle, but I hate to be told what to buy by cookbook authours, and it makes me hopping mad when they write "feel free to change an ingredient". Well,of course I feel free. It´s a cookbook, not Stalinist Russia. Are these people totally nuts or what?
All this is just to say that the fish I´ve used is some doubtless highly reprehensible frozen white fillet, and it was still delicious.
The recipe: preheat the oven to 180ªC, dredge the white fish in flour, then dip it in beaten egg, then in breadcrumbs mixed with parsley and lemon zest. It´s much better with home made, coarsely grated breadcrumbs.
Lay the fish on an oiled tray or baking dish and bake until golden, about ten minutes, but do check. It´s usually ten minutes per inch of thickness, but ovens vary, etc. That´s it. Easy easy, and plenty of time while it bakes to dress a salad and doll up some bottled mayonaise with lemon juice and olive oil.
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me muero de la risa... down with all bossy chefs and their ever-so-subtly patronising "feel free to..." ;)
I find it does depend on the cook, though. as far as I’m concerned, some of them can say/write that and much more while being perfectly lovely. however, some others (talented or not) just annoy the pants off you from the word go, don't you find?
Beautiful - hooray for ignoring Tamasin's more bossy notes.
I love her, too, but she can be such a tyrant.
A nice variation on this theme is to use Panko (Japanese breadcrumbs) instead. Very light and lovely.
Thank you for lesson.very interesting.
This is a great technique. This is a fabulous Recipe as for me. I need to make some of these!
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