Roasted Monkfish With Potatoes, Olives And Bay Leaves

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 large baking potatoes
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 15 bay leaves, preferably fresh
• 1 cup black olives, pitted
• 1 1/2 lbs monkfish fillets (or other sturdy fish)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 400°f.
• 2 peel and thinly slice the potatoes (a mandoline is great for this).
• 3 cover the bottom of a 9x12-inch baking dish with half the olive oil, and top with the potatoes in a single layer (they can overlap a little).
• 4 season with salt and pepper and top with the bay leaves and remaining oil.
• 5 roast for ten minutes, turn the pan back to front, and roast ten minutes more (by now the potatoes should be browning--if not, give them another minute or two).
• 6 top the potatoes with the olives and lay the fish on top, sprinkling it with salt and pepper.
• 7 roast the dish for an additional ten minutes or until the fish is tender but not overcooked.
• 8 serve immediately.