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Silvers with charred tomatoes

By Abigail Donnelly

Serves 4

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cooking Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

For the melting tomatoes:

3 T olive oil
6 ripe tomatoes, halved
1 onion, cut into rings
1 red onion, cut into rings
2 T butter
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
4 silver fillets
3 T olive oil
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Method

1. To make the melting tomatoes, heat the olive oil in a cast-iron pan over hot coals and cook the tomatoes and onions until caramelised. Add the butter and seasoning and cook for a further 2–5 minutes.

2. Season the fish with olive oil, salt and pepper, then braai over medium coals. Serve with the tomatoes.

Cook's note: To cook small fillets of fish such as silvers or bream, skewer them and cook over medium coals.

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Photograph: Myburgh Du Plessis
Food assistant: Bianca Strydom