To make the pan-fried hake, use kitchen towel to pat the hake fillet fully dry and lightly ... then pour over the fish and mash to serve. Batter up! Get the lemon and sugar ready for Shrove ...

Cut the onion into a fine dice. Crush the garlic clove. Season your hake fillets with sea salt and freshly- cracked black pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a heavy-based frying pan on ...

or as fillets and steaks. It can occasionally also be found dried or smoked. Some varieties of hake have been greatly affected by overfishing. A lot of hake is now imported from South Africa.