Rock Fish Recipes

Catfish is often known as rock fish, rock salmon or rock turbot. Here are a couple of rock fish recipes, one casseroled with cider and one with tomatoes.

Rock fish is normally in season between February and July.

Rock Fish in Cider
2 tbspn oil
1 onion, peeled and chopped
4 oz (100g) mushrooms, sliced
4 rock fish fillets
1/2 pint (300ml) cider
small carton creme fraiche or thickened yoghurt

Heat the oven to Gas Mark 5, 375F or 190C

Take an ovenproof and flameproof casserole dish, heat the oil and fry the onion until softened.

Add the mushrooms and coat in the oil.

Place the rock fish in the pan and pour the cider over.

Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes until the fish is cooked.

Remove the fish fillets onto a serving dish and stir the creme fraiche into the cider sauce.

Pour the sauce over the rock fish and serve immediately.

Rock Fish in Tomato Sauce
1 tbspn olive oil
1 onion, peeled and chopped
2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
1 14 oz (400g) can peeled chopped tomatoes
1 tbspn tomato puree
12 black olives - pitted and halved
1 tbspn lemon juice
4 rock fish fillets
Fresh chopped parsley to garnish

Heat the oven to Gas Mark 5, 375F or 190C.

Heat the oil in an oven and flameproof casserole dish and fry the onion and garlic until soft.

Add the rest of the ingredients and bake in the oven for about 25 minutes until the fish is cooked.

I hope you enjoy these rock fish recipes, they are easily adaptable to any type of fish fillets that are available to you on the day.

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