Cod with harissa breadcrumbs

PS - this photo is from the original recipe, which I changed slightly.

This recipe is very inspired by the time my sister made a version of it, which was loosely based around a BBC Good Food recipe. It was something I had never had before but really enjoyed, and I've made a couple of tweaks to try and add some originality. I hope you find it as interesting as I did when I first had it. 

Serves 4

Ingredients

4 x 140g cod fillets/preferred white fish

100g breadcrumbs (stale bread in a food processor)

2 tsp harissa paste

1 tsp tomato puree

2 peppers

Drizzle of oil

450g rice

½ a lemon

Method 

1. Preheat the oven to 200℃/180℃ fan 

2. Wash your rice and boil a kettle of water. Don't cook the rice yet.

3. In a small bowl, combine the breadcrumbs with the harissa paste and tomato puree. Place the fish pieces in an oven proof dish and top each piece with a few spoons of the breadcrumbs mix. 

4. Bake in the oven for 12 - 15 minutes until the fish is cooked and the topping is crispy. At the same time, boil a saucepan of water from the kettle and cook your rice for 11 minutes. 

5. Meanwhile, slice the peppers into strips. Heat a frying pan with the oil, and fry the peppers until slightly charred and soft. By this time the rice and fish should be about cooked. 

6. Drain the rice and plate it along with the fish. Add the peppers, and squeeze the lemon onto the fish. 

7. Enjoy hot!