Baked Hake with Couscous and Vegetables

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  1. Peel red onion and cut into thin quarter rings. Wash cherry tomatoes and cut into four parts.
  
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  2. Put crushed red onions in a deep pan with pre-heated olive oil. Stirring, let’s brown it on low fire until soft.
  
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  3. Then add cherry tomatoes to the browned onion. Add some salt and a mix of ground peppers to taste, mix.
  
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  4. Pour in steep boiling water to couscous and leave to steam under the lid for 5 minutes. Then drain water from the cereal and shift couscous to a pan with vegetables.
  
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  5. Mix the couscous with browned vegetables and transfer the mixture into a heat-resistant ware for baking.
  
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  6. Wash hake and cut off tail and fins. Cut the belly of the fish and remove the insides and black skins. By means of a sharp knife let’s divide the hake carcass into two fillets, remove the spine and large bones. Cut every fillet into halves.
  
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  7. Put the hake fillet skin up on a pillow from couscous and vegetables. Salt the fish to taste, season it with a mixture of ground spices. Water the fillet with juice of a half of lemon to give the fish additional flavor.
  
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  8. Send a hake on a pillow from couscous and vegetables to a pre-heated up to 180 degrees oven. Bake the dish at the medium level for 25 minutes.
  
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  9. Serve the ready dish hot and decorated with fresh greenery.
  
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  10. Bon Appetite!