Trick for Ladies who Lunch: coating for an oven dish

The photo doesn't look like much and was taken long after the meal, but Friday's luncheon, a real Ladies' Lunch I held at home with 2 guests, had a tasty detail. On the menu, apart from pumpkin-ginger soup and raspberries for dessert, were oven-baked fish and an oven dish: the bottom a layer of potatoes steamed in advance, and the top fennel stewed in its own juices with some garlic.

The finishing touch was reheating and grilling this combo in the oven with a niftly little coating, my trick-of-the-day.

Coating for an oven dish

Ground oat groats
Parmesan cheese, freshly ground
1 clove of garlic, crushed with a press

Combine all these ingredients well with a fork. Put them on top of the fennel, and put the entire dish under the grill. The oats are healthy and some change from the usual breadcrumbs.