Baked skate
Skate is a fish that is loved by everyone on the island and is the most respected fish on the island. There is a great variety of dishes with this fish as the main ingredient. This typical dish is cooked with potato, onion and tomato, which must be baked in a clay pot and covered with breadcrumbs, sweet paprika, garlic and parsley.
Doesn’t it provoke you? Baked skate is served in many restaurants, where they always offer the Menorcan flavour with a lot of passion.
Characteristics of the baked skate
Recipe Baked skate
Preparation time: 1 hour and 10 minutes
Difficulty: medium
Ingredients for 4 persons
1 kg skate
1 kg of potatoes
4 or 5 cloves of garlic
parsley
breadcrumbs
extra virgin olive oil
water
tomatoes
milk
salt
Preparation of the recipe
Once the skate has been cleaned and cut, place a layer of peeled and sliced potatoes in an earthenware dish, on top of which is placed another layer with the skate, another layer of potatoes on top, and finally a last layer with open and sugared tomatoes, and on top of these a chopped garlic and parsley; cover with breadcrumbs, add a good splash of oil and half water, half milk until the dish is covered. Put in the oven until the liquid has reduced.
Source of the recipe: Fàbrega J., Puigvert C. (1996), La cocina de Menorca (Menorcan Cuisine)