Fish with Tomato and Pine Nuts

Recipe: (Serves 6 to 8)

1 kg/ 2.2 lb fish, such as snapper, cleaned, with head and tail left on
Juice of 2 lemons
Scant 3/4 cup of pine nuts, toasted
1.5 cups spicy tomato sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt

Method:
1) Prick the fish all over with a fork and rub with 1/2 teaspoon salt. Put the fish in a roasting pan or large dish and pour over the lemon juice. Let stand for 2 hours.

2) Preheat the oven to 175oC/350oF. Sprinkle half of the pine nuts over the base of an ovenproof dish, top with half of the sauce, then add the fish and its marinade. Add the remaining tomato sauce and the remaining pine nuts.

3) Cover the ovenproof dish tightly with a lid or foil and bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until the fish is tender. Serve the fish immediately, straight from the dish.