Evening
Baked sardines or salmon with greens
Twenty minutes, one tray, and the greens cook in what comes off the fish.
PescatarianServes 210 minutes to prepare, 20 to cook
What goes in
- Salmon fillets, or whole sardines2 fillets
- Cavolo nero or kale, stripped200 g
- Lemon1
- Garlic cloves, sliced2
- Olive oil3 tbsp
- Chilli flakes1 pinch
What to do
- Heat the oven to 200°C. Sit the fish on a lined tray, rub with a little oil and lay two slices of lemon on each.
- Bake for twelve to fifteen minutes for salmon, eight to ten for sardines, until the flesh parts when you press it.
- While it cooks, warm the rest of the oil with the garlic and chilli in a wide pan over a low heat.
- Add the greens and a splash of water, cover, and cook for five minutes until they slump.
- Serve the fish on the greens with the remaining lemon squeezed over.
Swaps
Substitutions that hold up. Some of them change who the dish suits, and those say so.
The fish → two thick slabs of cauliflower, roasted with the same oil and lemon
Makes it vegan.
Cavolo nero → chard, spring greens or spinach