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Baked Fish in Spicy Tahini Sauce

A whole snapper seared, then baked under a garlicky coriander tahini sauce spiked with chilli until bubbling, and finished with fried pine nuts and lemon. A famous Lebanese fish dish.

  • Yield4 servings
  • Hands-on40 min
  • Total2 h 36 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 2 kgwhole snapper, scaled and cleaned, head left on
  • to tastesalt, for sprinkling
  • 100 mlolive oil

Sauce

  • 5 clovesgarlic
  • 1 tspsalt
  • 3 tbspfresh coriander, finely chopped
  • 270 gtahini
  • 125 mlwater
  • 125 mllemon juice
  • ¼ tspground hot chilli, or to taste

To serve

  • 1 tbsppine nuts, fried in 1 tbsp olive oil until golden
  • 1lemon, cut in wedges
  • 1 bunchfresh coriander, leaves

Diet

  • Pescatarian

Contains

  • Tree nuts
  • Fish
  • Sesame
  • Pine nut
  • Olive
  • Citrus fruits (any)
  • Lemon
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Garlic
  • Cilantro / coriander
  • Chili heat (capsaicin)
  • Snapper

Taste

  • Heat
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Bitter
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Tender-braised

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Stovetop

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3

Nutrition

  • Calories: high
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: low
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: high

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