Monkfish poached in a white wine, garlic & fresh tomato sauce.Delicious.

Love this recipe which I stole off a good mate of mine & top cook himself.   Made this recently for my Mum & Dad when they came over for my Dads birthday, went down a treat & base sauce is to die for!

Served with buttered new potatoes, fine green beans & broccoli.  Really easy to make, very tasty & being a nice meaty fish doesn't leave you feeling too bloated.  Monkfish is fantastic but if you can't get your hands on any, Cod or any other meaty fish would be just as good.

This will serve sought for four people. 

Ingredients:

2 lb fillet of monkfish, cut into 4 pieces 

Good glug of Olive oil

1 tablespoon unsalted butter

2-4 shallots, depending on size, finely chopped

2 gloves garlic, finely chopped

A large handful of cherry tomatoes, cut into quarters 

1/3 cup very finely chopped parsley

1/4 cup of crisp white wine (if it's good enough to drink, it'll definitely do!) 

1/3 cup fish stock

salt and pepper

Tea spoon of double cream

Put the new potatoes in simmering/boiling water for 20mins or until nearly soft, the turn off the heat cover & leave in the hot water, they'll be lovely & soft by the time you've knocked this up.

The San Miguel was for the Chef whilst chopping this lot up! ;-)  

In a good sized pan heat the butter and the oil.  Add the shallots and gently cook until soft and just turning golden.

Add the garlic and continue cooking for another 2-3 minutes.

Add the tomatoes and parsley, cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring well and allowing the tomatoes to release their liquid.

Turn up the heat, add the white wine and cook for a minute, add the fish stock & parsley then turn down to a simmer.  Allow to simmer for 10 minutes or so.

Remove from the heat, add a tea spoon of double cream and transfer to a blender.  

Blitz and return to the pan.  

 Add the pieces of monkfish, throw on some rough chopped parsley & cover the the pan and cook on low/medium heat for about 8/10 minutes or until the fish is fully cooked through.  Don't overcook or the fish will be tough.

Now's a good time to get some plates in a warm oven & the green beans & broccoli on the go.

Remove from the heat, Serve immediately with buttered & well seasoned new potatoes, fine green beans & broccoli.

ENJOY!