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Aline Kamakian's Armenian Christmas Fish

Aline Kamakian's Armenian Christmas Fish

The fish from the Armenian Christmas by Aline Kamakian. Photos DR

  • Preparation 15 min

    Cooking time 25 min

  • Portions

    2 people

  • Difficulty

    Easy

Ingredients
  • 500 to 600 g of quality grouper (or any good fish)
  • 2 to 3 small peppers
  • 1 handful of coriander
  • 2 medium onions
  • 1 lemon
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 glass of olive oil
  • 2 cloves of green garlic (optional)
  • 6 peeled tomatoes, diced (or canned)
  • 1 tbsp Armenian pepper paste
  • 1 sprig of dill
  • 1 handful of roasted pine nuts (or almonds)
  • Zest from one whole lemon
  • Juice from one whole lemon
  • Timut aromatic pepper (or any pepper of your choice)
  • Salt
All ingredients
Preparation Armenian Christmas Fish
  1. Place sliced lemons on a sheet of parchment paper.
  2. Lay the grouper on top and cover it with bay leaves and coriander sprigs.
  3. Drizzle with some olive oil and sprinkle with salt.
  4. Wrap everything with the parchment paper, then with a sheet of aluminum foil.
  5. Bake at 200 degrees Celsius for 25 minutes.
  6. Thinly slice the onions into rings and fry them in olive oil in a skillet over high heat at first, then reduce the heat.
  7. Slice and add the peppers to the skillet.
  8. When the onions are translucent, add the chopped green garlic.
  9. Add the tomatoes and Armenian pepper paste to the mix, and let simmer until you get a good consistency and everything is well cooked.
  10. Chop the dill and coriander, and toast the pine nuts in a skillet.
  11. Add lemon zest, coriander, dill, lemon juice, and pepper to the mixture, and stir for 2 minutes.
  12. Remove the fish from the oven, place it on a plate, and discard the lemons, bay leaves, and coriander sprigs.
  13. Pour the sauce over the fish, then top with fresh coriander and pine nuts.


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Armenian Christmas Fish
  • Preparation 15 min

    Cooking time 25 min

  • Portions

    2 people

  • Difficulty

    Easy

Ingredients
  • 500 to 600 g of quality grouper (or any good fish)
  • 2 to 3 small peppers
  • 1 handful of coriander
  • 2 medium onions
  • 1 lemon
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 glass of olive oil
  • 2 cloves of green garlic (optional)
  • 6 peeled tomatoes, diced (or canned)
  • 1 tbsp Armenian pepper paste
  • 1 sprig of dill
  • 1 handful of roasted pine nuts (or almonds)
  • Zest from one whole lemon
  • Juice from one whole lemon
  • Timut aromatic pepper (or any pepper of your choice)
  • Salt
All ingredients
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Aline Kamakian, community-minded chef
bio

Aline Kamakian is the director of the brokerage firm Insurance Investment, a consultant and restaurateur, and owner of the restaurants Batchig and Mayrig, which specialize in Armenian cuisine. Mayrig, located at 282 Pasteur Street in an Ottoman mansion opposite the port, was severely damaged by the double explosion on August 4, with 25 of its employees hospitalized, three of them in serious condition. She also works with the renowned NGO World Central Kitchen providing daily meals to the most disadvantaged in countries at war and in crisis.

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A simple and cheap recipe

Among us Armenians, Christmas is celebrated on January 6. This year, the holiday is different—sadder and heavier. The uprising, the financial crisis, the coronavirus, the double explosion of August 4, and the war in Armenia—all these events that followed one another have been enormous shocks, but also, for me, enormous challenges to face. One single objective gave me the energy to keep going: the staff in the offices, the restaurant, and the kitchens, whom it was never a question of abandoning. I try to find solutions to preserve everything we have achieved, rebuild all that has been destroyed, and keep believing in it… For this Christmas meal, I chose to share a fish recipe. Beyond the symbolism of the fish—Christ and life in abundance—this dish is easy to prepare with accessible, inexpensive ingredients.

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