Oven Baked Fish With Roasted Tomato Slices

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 cups tomatoes (cut into thin wedges)
• 1 cup onion (cut into thin wedges)
• orange rind, sliced into slivers 1.5 cm wide
• 20 ml olive oil
• 1 -2 clove garlic, chopped (i use 6)
• 2 green chilies, chopped (my addition) (optional)
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leave (i use cilantro sometimes)
• 700 g firm fish fillets, cut in 4 pieces (pomfret/ king fish are what i get easily)
• salt & freshly ground black pepper (and cumin powder to taste)
• 25 g basil leaves, cut into thin slivers

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 200c.
• 2 season the fish fillets with the salt and pepper (and cumin and green chilli) and set aside.
• 3 put the tomatoes, onions orange zest, oil, garlic and thyme in a baking dish and bake.
• 4 until the veges begin to brown around the edges for around 25 mins or so.
• 5 then place the fillets in the middle of the vegetables which are softened with the cooking and bake for around 15 mins more or till the fish is cooked.
• 6 garnish with the basil juliennes and serve hot.