Recipe: Fish Galician-Style

FISH GALICIAN-STYLE

3 or 4 potatoes, peeled, sliced
1 onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, crushed, divided
1 bay leaf
fresh parsley, chopped
1/2 tsp thyme
salt
8 tbsp olive oil, divided
2 tbsp red wine, divided
water
2 hake or fresh cod steaks
1/2 tsp paprika

Place the potato slices, chopped onion, 1 clove of crushed garlic, bay leaf, fresh parsley, thyme and a couple of pinches of salt in a casserole dish; sprinkle with 1 tbsp olive oil and 1 tbsp red wine.

Add water so that it's just covering everything and bring to the boil. Simmer for approximately 10 minutes over a low heat.

Place the fish steaks over the potatoes and add more water to cover. Simmer for a further 10 minutes.

When the potatoes and fish are done pour off all the liquid and remove the skin from the fish

Heat 7 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan and add the remaining garlic cloves and saute for a couple of minutes then add the paprika and 1 tbsp wine. Remove from heat immediately

Finally pour the oil and garlic over the fish and serve immediately.