World on a Plate: Brazil
30/8/2010
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As head chef at Auckland's Savour & Devour restaurant, Jaqueline Maciel prepares Mediterranean and traditional French cuisine.
Ingredients
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| 1 | White fish |
| 1 | Lemon |
| 1 to taste | White ground pepper |
| 1 | Bay leaf |
| 1 | Onion |
| 1 tsp | Crushed garlic |
| 1 | Celery stalk |
| ½ kg | Tomato |
| 1 | Brown sugar |
| 1 to taste | Salt & freshly ground pepper |
| 1 | Olive oil |
| 200 ml | Coconut cream |
| 1 | Coriander |
Directions
- Marinate the fish pieces in fresh lemon juice, white ground pepper and bay leaves. Put to one side.
- Fry the onion, garlic, celery in a pot until soft.
- Add the diced tomatoes (skinned) and keep stirring on a medium-to-low heat, then back to a low heat.
- Cook for about 20 minutes then add the sugar, salt and pepper and put to one side.
- In a frying pan, heat 2 Tbs of olive oil and 1/2 tsp crushed garlic. Add the fish and fry both sides slightly.
- Add enough sauce to cover the fish, together with the coconut cream. Season and add fresh chopped coriander.
- Serve with plain long grain basmati or jasmine rice.
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