
HAKE AND CHORIZO WITH WHITE BEANS
If you are using dried white beans, this recipe can be cooked in a pressure cooker and it will take about 30 minutes. Alternatively, you can use canned beans and cook it on the stove top. This recipe works well with any type of white fish such as hake or cod. You can replace the dried cabbage with fresh, chopped cabbage.
Hake and Chorizo with White Beans
This fish dish can be easily and quickly prepared in a pressure cooker.
INGREDIENTS
- 200g dried white beans, soaked for 24-48 hours
- 80g spicy Spanish dried chorizo, thinly sliced
- 1 medium onion, roughly chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped1 glass red wine
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 2 hake fillets
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 2 tablespoons concentrated tomato sauce
- extra virgin olive oil
- salt and pepper
METHOD
- Put the beans in a pressure cooker, cover with water and cook for 15 minutes.
- Quick release the pressure and drain the beans.
- Heat some olive oil in the pressure cooker.
- Gently fry the onion until soft.
- Add the chorizo and fry for another couple of minutes.
- Fry the garlic for 30 seconds or so.
- Add all the other ingredients and the beans but not the fish to the pan.
- Mix well and season with salt and pepper.
- Pour over a cup of water and bring to the boil.
- Cover the pressure cooker and bring up to pressure.
- Turn down the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and leave for 5 minutes.
- Release the pressure and open the cooker.
- Check that the beans are cooked.
- Lay the fish on the top.
- Put back on a low heat.
- Cover and leave for 10-15 minutes.
- Serve.