Friday Food \ Morrocan spiced fish

Morrocan spiced fish with ginger mash

It’s always nice to try out different kind of foods, especially those from other cultures. Unknown flavors or unusual mixtures of flavors are exciting to try out. The Moroccan cuisine is one worthy to explore. Most commonly known recipes are of course couscous and pastilla (bestilla). Unfortunately there are a lot of Moroccan dishes that are not so famous. Below you’ll find an infamous recipe for Morrocan spiced fish with ginger mash. Enjoy!

Ingredients
2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks

2 tsp butter, softened

1 garlic clove, crushed

0,5-1 tsp harissa (Belazu is good)

zest of 1 lemon

small handful coriander, most chopped, rest left whole
fingertip-size
a piece of fresh root ginger, finely grated

2 skinless white fish fillets (look for sustainably caught)

Method
1. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Cook the sweet potatoes in boiling, salted water for about 10 minutes or until just tender when pierced with a knife. Meanwhile, mix together the butter with the garlic, harissa, lemon zest, chopped coriander and some seasoning. When the potatoes are ready, drain thoroughly, mash with the ginger and seasoning, then keep warm.

2. Place the fish in a roasting tin, season, then spread half the flavoured butter over each fillet. Roast for about 8 minutes until just cooked through. Serve with the ginger mash and some green vegetables.