Psari me saltsa

This is a simple Greek recipe for fried fish with a simple tomato sauce.  The fish for this type of preparation can either be cut into thick slices or steaks or, if small, kept whole.  Heads and tails of whole fish can be left on.

Preparation Time: 10 Mins

Cooking Time: 40 Mins

Total Time: 50 Mins

Ingredients

For 2 servings…

450 gms          Fish  - cod, haddock or hake - skin on     

                      Pepper      

                      Salt          

                      Flour        

For frying

                      Olive oil    

For the sauce

1 tbs               Flour        

½ tbs             Tomato purée         

70 ml              Water  - hot

                      Pepper      

                      Salt          

1                    Bay leaf     

2 cloves           Garlic  - crushed      

1 bunch           Parsley  - chopped    

1 pinch            Rosemary  - fresh - chopped    

70 ml              Wine  - dry white     

Method

If whole, clean the fish.  Rub the fish with salt and pepper and then roll it in seasoned flour.  Fry in boiling oil.  When brown on one side, turn over and brown the other side.  Take the fish from the pan and keep hot.

To make the sauce…

Pour off most of the oil from the pan in which the fish has been fried, leaving just enough to fry the flour.  Cook the flour for 5 minutes - stirring continuously.

Dilute the tomato purée with the hot water, stir this into the flour, add salt, pepper, bay leaf, garlic, parsley and rosemary and cook gently for 10 minutes - stirring continuously.  Add the wine, stir this into the sauce and simmer for a further 15 minutes.  Pour the sauce over the fish and serve hot.

Wine recommendations

A white wine or light red.

Conventional

     Picpoul de Pinet

Interesting

     Chinon blanc

     Jurançon sec

     Mâcon

     Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur lie

Adventurous

      Beaujolais

     Fino Sherry