Main Meals

Baked crispy hake with sweet potato and watercress

4
Easy
20 minutes
30 - 40 minutes
Wine/Spirit Pairing
Villiera Sauvignon Blanc 2008

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Ingredients

Method
  • 4 x 160 g portions thin hake fillets
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • ½ cup thick mayonnaise
  • 1–2 T olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
  • 1 x 500 g packet ready-to-use-sweet-potato chunks
  • 1 x 80 g packet ready-to-use watercress, for garnishing
  • For the crispy cheese crust, mix together:

  • 75 g Salty Cracker crumbs
  • 90–100 g grated Cheddar

Method

Ingredients

Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Wash and pat dry the fish fillets. Place, skin side down, on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Season lightly then spread with the mayonnaise and generously cover with the cheese-crust mixture.
Drizzle with olive oil and bake for 10 minutes, or until the topping is crisp and golden and the fish just cooked and moist.
Lightly moisten the sweet-potato chunks with 1–2 T olive oil. Spread on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Season and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until golden and tender.
Serve the hake with the sweet-potato chunks, garnished with plenty of watercress and drizzled with olive oil and lemon juice, if using.

Per serving: 2712.4 kJ, 40.4 g protein, 37.6 g fat, 38.2 g carbs

Phillippa Cheifitz

Recipe by: Phillippa Cheifitz

Regular TASTE contributor Phillippa is a well-known South African author and food writer, and has won many awards, both for her magazine features and her cookbooks.

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