Ingredients
Preparation
- Heat some olive oil in a pan and add the garlic, onions and thyme and cook gently for 10-15 minutes without colouring. Then add the tomato paste and the sugar and gently cook, add the peppers and gently cook for a further 30-35 minutes until softened and the whole mixture is really stewed down.
- Add the saffron and cumin and continue to cook down, and then add a good splash of red wine vinegar to balance the sweetness. The pepperonata should be a soft and really cooked down - tasting almost sweet and sour from the natural sweetness of the ingredients and the vinegar.
- Pre-heat a frying pan and add 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, when the oil is hot, season the fish then place in the pan until golden on one side. This will only take 4-5 minutes, turn the fish over then place the whole pan in the oven which is pre heated to 240 to finish the cooking for a further 4-5 minutes.
- Warm the pepperonata and stir in a few basil leaves and a little squeeze of lemon, season and serve with or alongside the fish.