Baked Fish With Herbs And Island Fruits

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 large leeks
• 125 ml olive oil
• 4 (800 g) firm fillets fish fillets
• 250 ml coconut milk
• 1 firm mango
• 1/2 bunch chopped coriander
• 1/2 bunch chopped basil
• 2 tablespoons lime juice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 230 degrees c.
• 2 cut roots and tough green leaves from leeks.
• 3 cut leek into julienne strips, then soak in cold water for 10 minutes to release any trapped dirt or sand.
• 4 drain well.
• 5 place 1/4 cup olive oil into a saucepan and add the leeks.
• 6 stir over a high heat unitl the leeks have wilted slightly and are coated in oil.
• 7 lower the heat, season and cook slowly for 30 minutes or until caramelised.
• 8 meawhile, oil a baking dish large enough to hold the fish, arrange the fish, then season.
• 9 pour the coconut milk over the fish and bake in the oven for 10 minutes.
• 10 slice mango finely into strips and mix with the chopped coriander and basil.
• 11 add lime juice and mix well.
• 12 remove the fish from the oven and heap mango mixture on each fillet.
• 13 return to the oven for 5 minutes.
• 14 to serve, place a small mound of caramelised leeks in the centre of the plate, then place each fish fillet on the top.
• 15 make sure each fillet has a good quantity of mango mixture on the top.