Easy & Tasty Fish & Tomatoes

Ingredients

• 500 g cod fish fillets, preferably approx. 2 cm thick (or any other type of firm fresh white saltwater fish fillets)
• 4 tomatoes (large ripe ones)
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 onion, cut into small cubes
• 1 garlic clove (crushed or cut into very fine pieces)
• 2 tablespoons capers
• 4 tablespoons parsley, chopped
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• salt
• pepper
• paprika

Directions

1. 1

   Season the fish fillets with salt, pepper and paprika powder to taste.

2. 2

   Put the fillets on the bottom of a rectangular oven-proof dish.

3. 3

   Sprinkle fish fillets with the lemon juice.

4. 4

   Cut tomatoes into 5 mm thick slices.

5. 5

   Cover fish with the tomatoes, making sure that they're covered well (leave no gaps).

6. 6

   Heat the olive oil in a small frying pan or pot. Add onion and crushed garlic, stir until onion is translucent.

7. 7

   Add capers and chopped parsley, mix well and let the mixture cook for one additional minute.

8. 8

   Cover the layer of tomatoes with the herb-onion mixture.

9. 9

   Put into preheated oven and let bake for 30 minutes @ 200 degrees Celsius.

10. 10

    Variations: it's possible to use other types of fish and/or to replace the parsley with other herbs (dill and tarragon would be obvious alternatives).

11. 11

    This is also an excellent barbecue dish; instead of using an oven-proof pan, put one fish fillet with some tomato slices and herb mixture in a "papillotte" of aluminum foil and put this "package" on the grill.