Traybake Pesto Hake & Chips with Green Bean Salad & 'Tartare' Sauce

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High protein Low sat fat Family classics Traybake

Traybake Pesto Hake & Chips with Green Bean Salad & 'Tartare' Sauce

Prep time: 20 mins
Total time: 35 mins
Cuisine: British
Food group: Fish

Who doesn’t love fish and chips? Sustainably-sourced hake fillets are coated in pesto before being baked, and served with chunky salt and vinegar potato fries and a 'tartare' for dipping. Serve with a refreshing salad of green beans and tomatoes

Cooking Instructions

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Before you start

  • Preheat the oven to 240C / fan 220C / gas mark 9
  • Line 2 baking trays with parchment paper
  • Pull out a medium saucepan, a large bowl, a small bowl, a sieve & a grater

Get the chips on

  • Cut the potatoes into 2cm thick wedges. Place onto a lined baking tray and toss with 1/2 tbsp oil and a pinch of salt and pepper
  • Roast for 25-30 mins, turning halfway, until soft and golden

Prep & pickle the onion

  • Meanwhile, thinly slice the onion. Zest and quarter the lemon. Add to the large bowl, along with the juice from 1 lemon wedge and a pinch of salt. Set aside to pickle
  • Trim the green beans and cut into thirds. Halve the tomatoes. Roughly chop the parsley and olives

Roast & boil

  • Add the hake fillets to one side of the other lined baking tray. Sprinkle with the lemon zest, drizzle with 1 tsp oil then season with salt and pepper
  • Roast for 10 mins, then coat each fillet in the pesto. Add the green beans to the other side of the tray. Roast for a further 6 mins, until the hake is cooked through and the beans are tender

Build the salad & make the 'tartare' sauce

  • Add the tomatoes, half the parsley and 1/2 tbsp oil to the pickled onion bowl. Season with salt and pepper and mix well
  • In the small bowl, mix together the yoghurt, remaining parsley, the olives and juice from 1 lemon wedge. Season with salt and pepper
  • Once cooked, add the green beans to the tomatoes

Finish & plate up

  • Once the chips are cooked, drizzle over the vinegar and toss in a generous pinch of salt
  • Check your fish is cooked through; it should be steaming hot, opaque and separate easily with a fork
  • Serve the hake onto plates, with the chips, green bean salad and 'tartare' sauce alongside. Garnish with the remaining lemon wedges, for squeezing over the top

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