BAKED FISH IN SESAME SAUCE

Serves 4

PnP shopping list: 2 garlic cloves, 1/2C tahini, lemon, onion, 1T olive oil, 1 whole fish, 2t dried thyme 

Sauce:

• 2 cloves of garlic
• Pinch of salt
• 125ml (1/2 cup) sesame paste (tahini)
• Juice of 1 lemon, about 60ml
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 15ml (1tbsp) olive oil plus extra
• 1 whole sustainable fish of your choice
• 7,5ml (1 ½ tsp) dried thyme
• Salt and pepper
• Lemon wedges and pomegranate seeds to garnish

How To Make It: 

1. Crush the garlic in a little salt and mix with the sesame paste and lemon juice with enough water to form a mayonnaise consistency.
2. Fry the onion in the oil until just softened and add to the sauce.
3. Blend the sauce until smooth.
4. Oil a baking dish big enough to hold the fish.
5. Cut slits into the fish and rub with oil and sprinkle over thyme and season generously.
6. Bake at 180 degrees C for 30 minutes, remove from the oven and pour over sauce, top with the raw onion then return to the oven for a further 15 minutes.
7. Serve garnished with lemon wedges and pomegranate seeds.