Flounder baked with fresh tomatoes, kalamata olives, capers, onion, and white wine. Serve with white rice and a green vegetable.
Prep
28 min
Cook
69 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard
Ingredients
5 romas (plum) tomatoes
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
0.5 Spanishs onion
, chopped
2 cloves garlic
, chopped
1 pinch Italian seasoning
24 kalamatas olives
, pitted and chopped
0.25 cups white wine
0.25 cups capers
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
6 leaves fresh basil
, chopped
3 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1 pound flounder fillets
6 leaves fresh basil
, torn
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
2
Bring a saucepan of water to a boil. Plunge tomatoes into the boiling water and immediately remove to a medium bowl of ice water; drain. Remove and discard skins from tomatoes. Chop tomatoes and set aside.
3
Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; saute onion until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, garlic and Italian seasoning; cook until tomatoes are tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Mix in olives, wine, capers, lemon juice, and 1/2 the basil. Reduce heat, blend in Parmesan cheese, and cook until the mixture is reduced to a thick sauce, about 15 minutes.
4
Place flounder in a shallow baking dish. Pour sauce over the fillets and top with remaining basil leaves.
5
Bake 12 minutes in the preheated oven, until fish is easily flaked with a fork.
Nutrition per serving
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