On Good Friday, I got a little zealous in my purchases and came home with barramundi fillets and prawns. I must admit that I wouldn’t normally come home with this much for Good Friday, but never shop with my husband as he always has eyes bigger then his belly. After a coffee and some hot crossed buns from knead patisserie at the Belconnen Markets – the perfect way to start a Good Friday – we made our way home to prepare our house for sale.
And after a long days working around the house, I didn’t really feel like putting a lavish spread upon the table. So I whipped up some garlic prawns to be eaten with the amazing sourdough from knead patisserie and saved the barramundi fillets for the next night.
I didn’t really have a plan for what I was going to do with the barramundi fillets, so I jumped online for inspiration. I headed over to Sammie from The Annoyed Thyroid and searched if she had any barramundi recipes. She did – quite a few in fact.
I proceeded to read through them all and thought that I would take inspiration from her Slow cooker chorizo, potato and barramundi one pot. I didn’t have any chorizo, but I thought that I could add garlic and lemon to add flavour to my dish – and seeing as I don’t have a slow cooker I just did this in the oven.
- 450g baby potatoes, thinly sliced
- 2 x 200g barramundi fillets
- 125g cherry tomatoes, halved
- 20g bunch parsley, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, sliced
- 3 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 lemon, sliced
- salt and pepper
- Preheat your oven to 180 degrees.
- Drizzle the olive oil into a baking tray and then layer your thinly sliced potatoes. Top with cherry tomatoes, parsley and garlic. Place in the oven for 15 minutes.
- Season the fish well and then place on top of the potatoes. Layer slices of lemon on top of the fish and then return to the oven for another 15 minutes or until the fish has turned white and flakes easily when prodded.
- Scatter the whole dish with a little more parsley or fried capers.
What do you traditionally do for Good Friday? Are you a big fish eater? How do you normally cook your fish? If you choose to whip up one of my recipes , then I would love for you to share it on social media, and don’t forget to use the hashtag #goodfoodweek.
I’ve lost a bit of my cooking mojo lately.
Bit of a slump, but with the weather changing and new season produce on the horizon. I can feel the fog lifting.
So quick and easy at the moment is key, I love this combo, right up my families alley.
I have love Sammie. She is the One Pot Wonder Women!
She is my go to lady for one pot flavour sensations. 🙂
It is so easy to get into a slump when the weather is so hot. I too feel like I have lost a little of my cooking/blogging mojo – but I am hoping that I can get back into it this month.
Sammie is most definitely one of my favourite bloggers and I think that she has a great little community. Someone to look up to {along with yourself and Vicki from Boiled Eggs and Soldiers – I love ‘Your Weekly Feed’}.
This looks sooooooo delicious!
Every year on Good Friday my family have a huge seafood feast which my parents put on. They’ve been doing it every year since they’ve been married so this year was their 27th get together!
Thanks Kristy. I love to hear about what each family does on Good Friday. It really is such an awesome time to spend with the family and so lovely to hear about your parent’s tradition.
love bakes fish! so easy and so tasty – this recipe looks like a winner Shari
It sure is – baked fish is easy and super healthy!
As you may have guessed, I am a huge fan of Barramundi. I’d never eaten it before I came to Australia and since I came, I’ve been making up for lost time! I love your spin on this dish and oh, I do love a one pot wonder!
Thanks Sammie – and thanks for the inspiration 🙂
Barramundi is most definitely one of my favourite types of fish, and I love what you’ve done with it here Shari. It’s so nice to just whack the fish as well as the vegies into the oven together rather than having to cook everything separately and create more cleaning up! Yum!
I think I would have to toss up between barramundi and snapper as my favourite fish. I hate washing up so I’m always keen for minimal dishes!