Fish and Seafood Recipes - Riviera Cod and Rice

Ingredients

• 15 ml/1 tbsp olive oil

• 1 onion, chopped

• 2 garlic cloves, crushed

• 1 red (bell) pepper, sliced

• 600 ml/2 1/2 cups passata (sieved tomatoes)

• 15 ml/1 tbsp tomato puree (paste)

• 150 ml/2/3 cup water

• 228 g/8 oz/1 cup long-grain rice

• Salt and freshly ground black  pepper

• 450 g/1lb cod fillet, skinned and cubed

• Chopped parsley

• A few black olives

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Method:

1. Heat the oil in a saucepan. Add the onion, garlic and pepper and fry (sauté) stirring for 2 minutes.

2. Stir in the passata, tomato puree, water, rice and a little salt and pepper.

3. Cover and cook gently, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes. Add the fish and, if getting dry, a little more water.

4. Season with salt and pepper and cook for a further 5 minutes until all the liquid has been absorbed and the rice and fish are cooked.

5. Serve sprinkled with parsley and olives.