Roasted plaice with fennel and tomatoes recipe

Name: Roasted plaice with fennel and tomatoes
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 300g (10oz) Charlotte, or other small waxy potatoes, thinly sliced; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 red onion, sliced into wedges; 1 garlic clove, finely sliced; 1/2 small bulb fennel, trimmed and finely sliced with vegetable peeler; handful baby plum tomatoes, halved; small handful fresh dill, chopped; ½ red chilli, finely sliced; 2 plaice fillets; 1 lemon, halved; handful fresh flat-leaf parsley, leaves roughly chopped

Created by The Tesco Recipes team

This easy one-tray recipe requires minimal effort but teaches you how to cook plaice, served on a bed of roasted Charlotte potatoes and baby plum tomatoes with fragrant fennel and dill. A versatile dinner idea which works well with any flat white fish and is a very simple way to prepare a healthy main.

See method

Serves 2
10 mins to prepare and 35 mins to cook
344 calories / serving

Dairy-free
Gluten-free
Healthy

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Tesco All Rounder Potatoes 2Kg
Aldi Price Match
300g (10oz) Charlotte, or other small waxy potatoes, thinly sliced
£1.32
£0.66/kg
Tesco Olive Oil 250Ml
2 tbsp olive oil
£3.10
£12.40/litre
Tesco Red Onions Loose
Aldi Price Match
1 red onion, sliced into wedges
£0.20
£0.95/kg
Tesco Large Garlic
1 garlic clove, finely sliced
£0.50
£0.50/each
Tesco Fennel Each
1/2 small bulb fennel, trimmed and finely sliced with vegetable peeler
£1.25
£1.25/each
Tesco Baby Plum Tomatoes 300G
handful baby plum tomatoes, halved
£1.00
£3.33/kg
Tesco Fresh Cut Dill 20G
small handful fresh dill, chopped
£0.48
£24.00/kg
Tesco Red Chillies 60G
Aldi Price Match
½ red chilli, finely sliced
£0.51
£8.50/kg
Tesco 2 Breaded Plaice Fillets 250g
2 plaice fillets
£3.25
£13.00/kg
Tesco Lemons Each
1 lemon, halved
£0.37
£0.37/each
Tesco Fresh Cut Flat Leaf Parsley 30G
Aldi Price Match
handful fresh flat-leaf parsley, leaves roughly chopped
£0.50
£16.67/kg

Method

Preheat the oven to gas 6, 200°C, fan 180°C. In a large roasting tin, toss the potatoes with 1 tbsp oil and some seasoning. Roast for 20 minutes.
Heat 1/2 tbsp oil in a pan. Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes, or until softened. Add the garlic and fennel with a little seasoning, and cook for 2 minutes more.
Spoon the fennel mixture over the potatoes. Top with the tomatoes, dill and chilli, then return to the oven for 5 minutes. Arrange the plaice fillets, skin-side down, over the veg mixture. Squeeze over half the lemon, then drizzle with the remaining oil; season well. Cut 4 lemon slices from the remaining half and sit two on each fillet. Return to the oven for 8 minutes, or until the fish is cooked through and the veg is tender.
Scatter with parsley to serve.

Tip: Any flat white fish, such as bass, bream or sole, would work just as well in this dish. Or you could use salmon or cod, and cook for 2-4 minutes longer.