Pan Grilled Hake - Merluza a la Plancha
Watch our video recipe on how to make pan grilled hake, known as ¨Merluza a la plancha¨ in Spain. This fish recipe is full of flavor and is easy to make.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 Fillets of Merluza (Hake)
- 1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Spanish Olive Oil
- 1 Clove of Garlic Minced
- Fresh Parsley
- Sea Salt
Instructions
- 1
Using a medium sized non-stick frying pan turn on your burner to a medium heat
- 2
Season the hake fillets with some extra virgin olive oil and sea salt and rub into the fish
- 3
Once your pan gets very hot add the hake to the pan
- 4
Using a mortar and pestle add the minced garlic and pound it into a paste
- 5
Add a generous pinch of fresh parsley and pound with the garlic
- 6
Next add about 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil and sea salt into the mortar and mix all together
- 7
After about 3 1/2 minutes turn your hake to cook the uncooked side
- 8
After about another 3 /2 minutes turn your burner off and plate your hake
- 9
Spoon in some of the sauce we made on top of each fillet
- 10
Enjoy!