Baked Fillet of Sole With Tomato, Oregano And Hot Pepper
- Total Time
- 45 minutes
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Ingredients
- ⅔cup onion, very thinly sliced
- 3tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- ½teaspoon finely chopped garlic
- 1cup canned Italian plum tomatoes, cut up, with juice
- Salt to taste
- 2tablespoons salt-packed capers, soaked and rinsed, or vinegar-packed capers, drained
- 2teaspoons fresh oregano, or 1 teaspoon dried
- Fresh black pepper or chopped hot red chilies, to taste
- 2pounds gray sole fillet
Preparation
- Step 1
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Adjust oven rack to the top level.
- Step 2
Put onion and olive oil in a skillet, turn heat to medium, and cook until the onion is golden. Add garlic, and saute until it turns pale gold; then add the tomatoes and a little salt, and stir. Simmer 20 minutes, until the oil floats on the surface of the mixture. Add the capers, oregano and pepper. Stir and cook a minute longer, and remove from heat.
- Step 3
Rinse and dry the fish. Select a baking dish large enough to hold the fillets folded in half lengthwise in a single layer. Spread a tablespoon of the tomato mixture in the bottom of the dish.
- Step 4
Dip each fillet in the tomato mixture to coat both sides, fold lengthwise, and arrange in the baking dish. Pour remaining sauce over fish, and bake, uncovered, 5 minutes or slightly longer, until fish is done.
- Step 5
Remove from the oven, tip the dish and spoon the sauce from the dish into a saucepan. Cook the sauce over high heat until it has returned to its original thickness. Spoon it back over the fish, and serve directly from the baking dish.
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Comments
Delicious and quick! I subbed leeks and shallots and added sliced Kalamata olives that were needing to be used. Added the sole to the sauce for 5 minutes instead of cooking in the oven.
This recipes deserves more customers. I just placed the fillets on top of the sauce in the skillet then covered the pan for 2-3 minutes. The fillets are so thin that cook quickly. Not needing to heat the whole oven is a nice option for warm weather.
The only change I made was that I blanched and used an heirloom tomato, and only used 1.5 lbs of sole. The sauce was delicious, but there should have been 3 times the amount so will increase ingredients next time. A great sole recipe.
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