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Pan Grilled Hake - Merluza a la Plancha

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 2
Author Albert Bevia @ Spain on a Fork

Ingredients

  • 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!