They had monkfish on the fish counter in Makro on Saturday, so we treated ourselves to a tenner’s worth. But what to do with it? I’m currently trying to do a low fat diet, having just been given a preliminary diet of diabetes [scream], so wanted to be careful.
So: finely sliced 1.5 onions (as we had .5 left from lunch), and a red pepper, and chopped some garlic, and fried them off in much less olive oil than I usually would, adding four small Unearthed chorizo to the mix. When they were cooked, we stirred in a couple of teaspoons of our home made Ras el Hanout, stirred it about a bit, then hurled in a big can of chickpeas (probably twice the size of the normal ones) and a carton of passata, then about half a carton of water. Little bit of salt and some fresh rosemary went in next.
Cooked that for about half an hour, then added the chunked monkfish. The flesh didn’t really want to come off the end of the tailbone, so we hurled that in whole. Cooked the lot for another ten minutes or so, and consumed with couscous.
It made three meals worth (so six servings), and Pete manfully parted the bone from the fish when it was cold.
Yum. Sorry about the Diabetes. Can you control it with diet and tablets or are the syringes coming out? My mother has had Type II diabetes for years and years and the only time her blood sugar goes off the scale is if she has a Chinese takeaway – so she doesn’t have them. Take care of yourself. x
@Wartime: I’m waiting for the diagnoses to be confirmed, but I’m in no doubt. I’m going to insist that I try diet first, on the basis that changing one thing at a time is better than hurtling at it from all directions. We shall see. We hardly ever eat takeaways, thankfully, and I’m bloody glad I know how to cook – would be a nightmare otherwise!
Saw your note ref. diabetes on CiX… sorry to hear that.
If you fancy this again look up Coda di Rospo for some Italian inspiration. I would think some diabetic friendly options would be found amongst them.