Fish baked in the oven is considered one of the most delicious dishes. It is served with various side dishes, which are a wonderful addition to it and give the food a peculiar balance of taste and aroma. The baked hake recipe in the oven is usually not very popular, because not everyone knows how to cook this fish correctly. Therefore, you should strictly adhere to the technology of pickling and heat treatment.
Ingredients
To prepare you will need:
- large hake - 1 pc.;
- seasoning for fish containing zest and fennel - 1 pack;
- potatoes - 2 kg;
- cream - 500 g;
- leek - 1 pc.;
- carrots - 1 pc.;
- spinach 500 g;
- dill;
- hard cheese (for 500 g of fish - 50-60 g);
- garlic.
Product Preparation
In order to bake a hake in the oven, you must first grind the fish. Then rinse thoroughly and wipe with a paper towel. Next, cut the prepared fillet into cubes with a side of 3 cm. Put them in a bowl and marinate in seasoning with the addition of a small amount of cream.
Then peel the potatoes, cut it into the same cubes, boil until half cooked. At this point, you can use bay leaf and peas.
To properly bake a hake in the oven, you need to make a special sauce, which will not only be a kind of layer, but also baked in a delicious crust. To do this, using a blender, grind garlic, parsley, spinach and cheese. Then add some cream there and mix thoroughly. The result should be a homogeneous mixture of a characteristic green color.
At the same time, leek and grated carrots are fried in a frying pan in a pan. In this case, it is best to use vegetable oil, but only in small quantities.
Bookmark
To make the hake fillet baked in the oven soft and tasty, it is necessary to put it almost the last on a baking sheet and only after an hour of pickling. First comes a layer of boiled potatoes, then a mixture of fried onions and carrots, and only then fish. In this case, after each bookmark you need to lubricate everything with cream. At the final stage, lay the prepared gravy of greens and cheese. Then, in order to properly bake the hake in the oven, you need to close the baking sheet with foil. In this case, the matte side should be outward.
Roasting
In the oven, the dish should be at a temperature of 200 º for half an hour. Then the foil is removed, the heating is reduced to 160 º and the fish is cooked for another ten minutes. It should be noted that you can bake a hake in the oven without foil, but it is better to use a little heat, because otherwise the fish may turn out to be dry.
Innings
To the table, this dish is best served hot, laid out portionwise on plates. Some housewives prefer to present such fish directly in the pan, inviting guests to evaluate the appearance and measure for themselves the right amount of aromatic dishes. Dry white wine or stronger drinks will suit it well. However, even when cold, it has an excellent taste, which goes well with vegetable juices or compotes.