Plaice and roasted vegetables with harissa

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Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Skill Level: Easy
Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 4 x 170g skinless, boneless plaice fillets
  • 2 courgettes
  • 6 mixed peppers, deseeded
  • 3 red onions
  • 3 or 4 tbsp harissa paste (depending on taste)
  • 3 tbsp olive oil

Cooking Steps

  1. Preheat the oven to 190ºC/170ºC/Gas mark 5.
  2. Cut the courgette, peppers and red onions into even-sized chunks. Add to a large oven-proof dish.
  3. Drizzle with olive oil, and a generous sprinkling of salt and pepper, 100ml of water and 2-3 tbsp of the harissa paste, according to taste. Stir well to coat the vegetables.
  4. Place in the oven for 15-20 minutes, checking halfway to toss the vegetables and cook until tender.
  5. Mix 2 tsp of the harissa paste with 2 tbsp water and set aside.
  6. Pop the plaice fillets in the pan, season with salt and pepper and cook for 3 minutes each side, spooning over the harissa stock.
  7. Once cooked through, remove from the pan and serve on a bed of the roasted vegetables.

Nutritional information per serving

Calories 338kcal
Fat 12.1g
Saturates 1.9g
Carbs 19.8g
Sugars 17.3g
Fibre 9.2g
Protein 32.9g
Salt 0.9g