- 250g cherry tomatoes
- A handful of rosemary, leaves only
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 lemon
- 35g sun dried tomatoes
- 200g spaghetti
- 2 haddock fillets
- 500ml boiling water
- 1½ tbsp olive oil
- Sea salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- Large pan with lid
- Frying pan
- 1.
Fill and boil your kettle. Halve the cherry tomatoes and pop them into your largest pan. Peel and thinly slice the garlic and finely chop the rosemary leaves. Add the garlic and rosemary to the pan. Finely grate in the lemon zest and squeeze in the juice from 1 half. Using a pair of scissors, snip in the sun dried tomatoes.
- 2.
Pour 500ml hot water from the kettle into the pan with the tomatoes. Add 1 tbsp olive oil and ½ tsp salt. Bring the water up to a boil. Snap the spaghetti in half and carefully add it to the pan. Clamp on a lid and simmer on a medium-low heat for 12-15 mins.
- 3.
Meanwhile, rub the haddock fillets with ¼ tbsp olive oil each, and some salt and pepper. Warm a frying pan on a medium heat for 2 mins, then add the haddock fillets, skin-side down (if the fillets are too big for your pan, you can halve them widthways to make 4 smaller fillets). Fry for 3 mins then, using a spatula, carefully turn the fillets over. Cook for 2-3 mins till the fish is opaque and flakes when gently pressed with a fork. Divide the fillets between 2 warm plates.
- 4.
Check the pasta after 12 mins. The sauce should be thick and the pasta al dente (tender with a slight bite). If not, cook for another 2-3 mins. Taste and add more salt or pepper if you think it needs it. Spoon the pasta onto the plates with the haddock and serve with wedges of lemon to squeeze over.
- Tip
Just for the grill of it
If you don't want to fry your haddock fillets, you can cook them under a hot grill for 4-6 mins. Line a baking tray with foil, oil and season the haddock fillets, then lay them on the tray skin-side up. Grill the fish till the skin is crisp and the fish flakes easily when pressed with a fork.