Hake with Clams Provencal

Make the Sauce Provencal  Recipe  .

Cut the hake fillets into chunks (if necessary) about 3 inchs/10 cms wide. Paint with olive oil and lightly season with salt and pepper. Put a tablespoonful of olive oil into an ovenproof dish and put over a medium heat. Add the hake pieces skin side down and cook for a two or three minutes. Turn over and cook for a couple of minutes and then finish off in the oven at 350°F/180°C/Reg4 for no more than three or four minutes.

Meanwhile put the clams into a good glass of white wine and raise to a simmer. Cover for a couple of minutes and then add the clams to the Sauce Provencal discarding any clams that did not open  Picture  .

Re-heat the sauce if necessary, put the hake pieces on to serving plates, surround with the clams/provencal sauce and serve  Zoom  .