Halibut With Peppers (Mero A La Bilbaina)

Directions

1. Heat extra virgin olive oil in frying pan. Brown onion and garlic. Fry peppers till mix reduces to a pulp. Sprinkle fish slices with salt, put in baking dish greased with extra virgin olive oil. Pour lemon juice and a thin stream of extra virgin olive oil over fish and bake in preheated 325 degree oven, basting occasionally.
2. When pepper-onion-garlic mix has reduced to a pulp, add in a little of the juice from the baking fish, season with salt and pepper, add in bay leaf, and continue cooking the puree another 5 min. Pass it through a sieve, cover the fish with the puree, and continue baking till fish is done (a total of 20 to 30 min).
3. Comments: You can increase the quantity of the puree by the addition of fish stock if you choose.