Ingredients

  • Fish
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • 1 cup pine nuts, chopped
  • 1/4 cup parmigiano-reggiano cheese, grated
  • 4 haddock fillets
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • salt and pepper
  • Sauce
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 3/4 cup chicken stock
  • 1 cup fresh basil
  • 1/2 cup Italian parsley

Method

  • Put rack in the middle of oven. Preheat oven at 400°F.
  • Fish: Put flour in a plate, egg in a second plate, pine nut and parmigiano in a third plate. Set aside.
  • Add salt and pepper to the fish then flour them. Dip one side of each fillet in egg, then press the same side in the pine nut mixture.
  • In a large ovenproof non-stick skillet, brown each fillet in oil at medium heat, crusted side down. Flip fillets and cook in the oven 8 to 10 minutes until fish is cooked.
  • Sauce: Meanwhile, in a saucepan, soften onion and garlic in oil. Add chicken stock and bring to boil. Let simmer about 2 minutes. In a blender, reduce the stock with the herbs in a creamy puree. Add salt and pepper.
  • Distribute sauce in the bottom of 4 warm plates and put the fish on top.