Baked Fish (Psari Plaki)
Ingredients
- 1 1/2kg whole grunter, gilled, gutted and scaled
- Salt and pepper
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 125ml olive oil
- 1 large onion, sliced
- 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- ½ cup celery, chopped
- 425gr can tomato pieces, peeled
- 125ml dry white wine, optional
- ½ tsp. sugar
- 1 tsp. oregano
Instructions
Prepare fish leaving head and tail on.
Make diagonal cuts on surface, sprinkle with a little salt and pepper and lemon juice. Set aside 20 minutes.
Heat half the oil in a frying pan, and sauté onion, garlic and celery for 3 minutes. Add tomatoes, wine and oregano and season with salt and pepper. Sauté a further 2 minutes.
Spread mixture into an oiled baking dish and place fish on top.
Drizzle remaining oil over fish.
Bake in a pre-heated oven 180 C for 30-40 minutes (depending on size).
Baste fish during cooking.
Remove fish to serving platter, spoon sauce around fish and serve with vegetable accompaniments or a salad.