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Hake in herby breadcrumbs is a fairly simple way of serving hake, or any other white fish. It has a nice crunchy texture and subtle flavours from the herbs and pine nuts. It's easily scalable. The details here are for two servings.

Ingredients

• 2 fillets of hake (about 100g each)
• 1 beaten egg
• lemon juice

for the breadcrumb mix:

• 1 cup of breadcrumbs
• half a cup of chopped herbs (parsley, tarragon etc.)
• 1 tablespoon of pine nuts
• 2 tablespoons of avocado oil (you can use olive oil)
• salt and pepper to taste

Procedure

1. Preheat the oven to gas mark 4
2. Mix together the breadcrumbs ingredients in a food processor, adding the oil last. It should be a slightly moist mixture.
3. Dip each fillet in beaten egg, then in the breadcrumb mix. Try to get the fillet evenly coated.
4. Place each fillet in a gratin dish, drizzling a little oil on top
5. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes until the breadcrumbs are browned
6. Sprinkle some lemon juice on top
7. Serve with a dressed salad