Baked Kahawai

SpotX Wild Foods Recipe from Patrick Snook
Prep:20 minutes Cook:26 minutes Difficulty:1

Ingrediants:

• 4 large squares of tinfoil.
• 1 whole 1.5-kilogram kahawai.
• 1 lemon, cut into 12 slices.
• 2 capsicums, diced.
• ½ cup olive oil.
• 100 grams butter.
• 1 garlic clove, crushed.
• 1 large onion, sliced.
• Cracked pepper.
• Sea salt.
• 4 spring onions, sliced.
• 1 celery stalk, finely sliced.

Directions:

• Scale and fillet the kahawai, keeping the skin and removing the bones.
• Trim any dark red flesh from the fillet.
• Cut each fillet in half.
• Heat olive oil and a knob of butter in a large cast-iron frying pan.
• When hot and shimmering, add the kahawai fillets.
• Cook skin side down for about 1 minute.
• Onto each square of foil place sliced onion and garlic.
• Then place a fillet of seared kahawai.
• Top with capsicum, spring onions, and celery.
• Season with cracked pepper and sea salt.
• Finish with a layer of sliced lemons, a knob of butter and olive oil.
• Form into enclosed parcels and bake for 25 minutes at 230°C.
• Serve in the foil parcel straight out of the oven.