Roast Pollack with Tomato & Cumin Spiced Chickpeas
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Total: 30 mins
Flaky roasted pollack fillets top off a hearty mix of nutty cumin-spiced chickpeas, leafy seasonal kale and juicy vine tomatoes, brightened with a squeeze of lemon.
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362 kcal
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Ingredients you'll need
  • 4 pollack fillets
  • 2 onion
  • 2 garlic clove
  • 4 vine tomatoes
  • 200g kale
  • 800g tin of chickpeas
  • 4 tsp ground cumin
  • 2 lemon
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  • 3 tsp olive oil
  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 2 tbsp water
You'll need
  • Baking tray
  • Large frying pan
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Preheat your oven to 200°C/Fan 180°C/Gas 6. Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper and add the pollack fillets. Rub the fillets with 1 tsp olive oil and a pinch of salt and pepper. Set to one side.

  • 2.

    Peel the onion and thinly slice it. Peel and finely chop the garlic. Dice the tomatoes. Pull the kale leaves their cores and roughly chop the leaves.

  • 3.

    When the oven is hot, slide in the tray of fish and roast for 12-15 mins, till flaky and cooked through.

  • 4.

    Meanwhile, pour 2 tsp olive oil into a large frying pan and warm it to a medium-high heat. Add the onion and some salt and pepper and fry for 5 mins, stirring occasionally, till golden and glossy.

  • 5.

    Drain the chickpeas and add them to the onions, along with the tomatoes, garlic, kale and 2 tsp ground cumin. Add 2 tbsp cold water. Stir and fry for 5 mins, till the kale has wilted.

  • 6.

    Grate the lemon zest into the frying pan and squeeze in a little juice. Stir, taste and add more salt, pepper or lemon juice if needed.

  • 7.

    Divide the veg and chickpeas between 2 warm plates. Top with a pollack fillet each and serve.

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