Fish in a Red Sauce

Description

A typical sephardic recipe served cold at Passover.

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • ¼ cup fresh parsley, minced
  • 8 ounces pimento, chopped
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 (28 ounce) can tomato puree
  • 3 tomatoes, chopped
  • 2 carrot, sliced
  • 2 strips celery, sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • water
  • 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 6 (3 ounce) fillets cod
  • 1 teaspoon white sugar

Instructions

  1. In a large saucepan
  2. combine the parsley
  3. pimento
  4. salt
  5. pepper
  6. tomato sauce
  7. and fresh tomatoes. Bring to a boil. Add carrots
  8. celery and garlic. Cook until carrots are cooked
  9. but still firm.
  10. Stir in a little water and juice of 1 lemon. Place fish into pan without stirring. Baste fish with liquid. Add sugar.
  11. When the fish is cooked
  12. remove from heat. Let cool and serve cold

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 45 mins

Servings: 6

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