This here is such an easy and quick fish recipe, which I first tasted in Florence/Italy in one of our friend’s houses. She knew that Jo absolutely adores fish (coming from the coastal area in Kerala this is no wonder!) – and so this was really for him.
Tilapia recipes are seen in profusion all over the Net but it has not, here in Kerala, quite reached the appeal this fish has outside our State.
Compared to Seer fish/King Fish (which is the absolute number One fish here), the price of which has gone literally through the roof, Tilapia is much easier on one’s pocket and apart from that it is a delicious light fish and our freezer is always well stocked.
So I do hope you will enjoy my “<strong>Italian Tilapia dish” as we do. Buon appetito!
For 2 people you will need the following:
For the fish:
400 g Tilapia fillet
25 g Butter
Juice of ½ lemon
Freshly grounded pepper
For the Sauce:
1 Tbsp Butter
1 ½ Tbsp flour
250 ml Milk
Juice from the other ½ of your lemon
A nice handful of Parsley (finely chopped)
Salt and pepper to taste
And here is what you do:
Line a baking sheet with baking paper and keep aside.
Heat oven to 190 C.
Wash fish well and dry completely, using paper towels.
Melt butter and stir in the lemon juice.
With a pastry brush, spread this mixture all over the fish fillets, grind the pepper over this and bake in the oven for app. 30 minutes.
In the meantime melt butter on the lowest!! heat.
Add the flour into this and cook for app. 3 minutes, keep stirring all the time.
Now add the cold!! milk and with a balloon whisk, mix everything together.
Bring to a slight boil and then turn down heat to medium for 5-10 minutes – stirring all the while.
Finish this off with salt, lemon juice and chopped up parsley.
To plate:
Place your fish on a plate and top it with the sauce and some basmati rice or a few “finger chips” on the side.
That’s it – all done. Enjoy.
Namaskaram
Carina
Simple and quite delicious!
Yes MD it is!! I love the sauce 🙂
You have a way of making exquisite meals simple to make. It is so very good to see your posts! Hugs!
I find the taste of tilapia rather bland (and a bit boring) so it needs a lot of help from the cooking method/sauce you use. I’ve never heard of king fish … but I miss the orange roughy that we used to have many years ago before it was fished to near extinction.
thanks for your comment. Agreed, Tilapia on its own is very bland, so delicious sauces help 🙂
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thanks Leya
tilapia comes out great in many versions. but needs external flavoring help. but the meat cooks very congenially. nicely done. will try
thanks, yes I agree, it does need delicious sauces.
thanks for your comment – and I agree with you, Tilapia does need that special ‘kick’ and when it is added, then that fish is quite nice.
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Carina, that is a very elegant bit of fish. It may be easy to get in Kerala, but, I can only look on from afar…
thanks Conor – lol – now you know how we feel looking at your wonderful posts lol
Yum! What a delicious looking sauce!
thank you Jeff for your compliment