A very tasty and realtively cheap fish, ideal for frying
ingredients for 4 servings (cost about 5 € pp)
- 8 small European hakes (about 150g each)
- Salt
- Flour, relatively coarse
- EV sunflower oil for frying
- 200 g dandelion (for 2 portions)
- lemon zest
- 200 g multicoloured tomatoes or cherry tomatoes (for 2 portions)
- pelargonium
- EV olive oil
Merluccius is a common fish or to be precise a common fish family of the Mediterranean sea. The European hake is one of the smallest members of the “club” and an ideal fish for frying.
Fish frying needs some practice as it must be quick, so the flesh remains moist. Nothing worst than a dry fish. When you prepare fish, you must always have in mind that fish can be eaten even raw and its cooking must ALWAYS be quick.
In case of fried fish we also have one more object: To provoke a crunchy exterior. So we pat dry the fish very well, we salt them and we immerge them in flour, relatively course. We shake them, to remove the excess quantity of flour and we fry them in batches in EV sunflower oil, which is preheated at 190 Celsius degrees.
Before frying the fish we must have prepared the side dishes. So we bring to boil a pot of the salted water and we boil the dandelion, cleaned and trimmed for about 3 mins. We grease them, with oil and we add lemon zest.
Meanwhile, we cut the tomatoes in pieces, we salt them, we add some pelargonium leaves and some first quality EV olive oil.
