Mediterranean ‘Red’ Grilled Fish

– How to Cheat

For this week’s recipe I’ve discovered an ace hero ingredient – or rather Lucy (our top of the pops chef at the football club) has. Because I am rather bored with the word tapenade, which has become over-exposed and lopped on to any old ingredient just for effect, I personally would have passed this one by. However when we had our last ‘how to cheat’ cooking and brainstorming day, along came Lucy with Tesco’s Sweet Red Pepper Tapenade, which I have to say is a whiz of an ingredient – a thick, concentrated mixture of red peppers, sun-dried tomato paste and virgin olive oil. Having said that, the copy on the packet is an absolute hoot, and I quote: ‘a sumptuous tapenade of sweet red peppers tantalisingly blended with an exotic array of ingredients…subtly seasoned for added texture and depth. Ideal with a platter of goats’ cheese, cold meats, crusty bread and crackers (and wait for it) in a French farmhouse in the early evening twilight’. However they omitted to add, don’t forget your hats, coats, gloves and scarves, since early evening twilight only happens in the winter! Thanks for a great ingredient, Tesco, but your label writer needs an editor.