Braised Sea Bass W/olives (zwt-8)

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 sea bass
• 15 -20 black olives
• 1 onion
• 1 green pepper
• 1 red pepper
• 1 tomato, ripe
• 2 garlic cloves, unpeeled
• 1 fresh thyme sprig
• 1 sprig summer savory
• 8 ounces white
• 3 tablespoons tomato sauce
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 peel the onions & cut into strips. wash & chop up the peppers.
• 2 heat 3-4 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil in a frying pan & fry the onion, peppers & unpeeled garlic cloves.
• 3 peel & dice the tomato & add to the pan w/the olives & sprigs of thyme.
• 4 add the tomato sauce.
• 5 place the filleted sea bass on top of the vegetables. pour over the & cook for another 7 min (covered) until the fish takes on a glossy, white colour & flakes easily.
• 6 serve the sea bass atop the vegetables.
• 7 note #1: it's prob just me over-thinking this prep, but i'd be inclined to peel & slice (or chop) the garlic cloves vs leaving them in the dish whole & unpeeled. just a thought.
• 8 note #2: unless i missed some details, the recipe didn't include the size of the sea bass or the # of servings. i suppose the latter depends largely on the former, but i'll try to research the average size of sea bass off the coast of spain & amend this recipe as needed.