Chilean Sea Bass With Lobster And Mango Cream Sauc Food

PAN SEARED CHILEAN SEA BASS

Steps:

• Cut SEA BASS filet down the center to create 2 pieces (1/2 lb. each). Allow to rest 20 minutes at room temp to remove chill.
• Heat OLIVE OIL in skillet over medium-high until it reaches the smoke point.
• Place sea bass (skin side down) in the hot skillet. Sprinkle SALT and PEPPER over the filet.
• If you want crispy skin, press the filet down firmly with a spatula until it becomes visibly crispy. Turn the filet over and allow the non-skin side to sear until the filet is opaque throughout, reducing heat a notch or two as needed.
• Transfer the filet to a plate and allow to rest a few minutes.
• Serve sea bass warm with your favorite salad and side dish. Suggested: serve over salad greens topped with Chimichurri Sauce (see recipe in footnotes).

CHILEAN SEA BASS WITH LIGHT SOY AND CHIVE SAUCE

Steps:

• Make the sauce: Slice shallots, saute with butter and add white wine. Cook total reduction, add fish stock, and reduce to 1/2. Add heavy cream. Blend with 2 ounces of butter; add the soy, salt and pepper to taste. Keep warm.
• Make the garnish: Slice the onion, dredge in flour. Shake off excess and fry until golden brown. Keep warm on a paper towel. Cut the scallion and saute with olive oil. Mix with the whipped potatoes. Salt and pepper to taste. Keep warm. Peel, de-seed and dice tomatoes. Cut chives.
• Progression: Saute the bass with olive oil, salt and pepper to taste. When thoroughly cooked squeeze lemon juice on fish.
• Ready to eat: To serve, place some whipped potatoes on the center of the plate. Add tomatoes and chives to the sauce, place around the potatoes. Place the fish on the potatoes and top with fried onions. Serve hot.

CHILEAN SEA BASS WITH LOBSTER AND MANGO CREAM SAUC

Steps:

• In shallow bowl mix corn meal, garlic powder, onion powder and salt and pepper. Coat sea bass in egg white and then in corn meal mixture. Heat olive oil in skillet. Brown sea bass on each side, approximately 3 minutes per side. Transfer to baking dish and bake until done. (350 degrees, approximately 25 minutes) In a medium sauce pan combine wine, wine vinegar and shallots. Cook until liquid is reduced by half. Stir in heavy cream and let boil down until reduced by half. Stir in butter one tablespoon at a time allowing each to melt before adding the next. Add chopped mango and keep warm. To assemble, place sea bass in center of plate, top with mango cream sauce, top with chopped lobster meat and garnish with parsley.

CHILEAN SEA BASS WITH SPICY FRUIT SALSA

Steps:

• Wearing rubber gloves, remove jalapeno seeds and membrane and discard. Prepare all the above ingredients, combine and refrigerate.
• For the Spicy Paste: Combine the above ingredients to form a spicy paste.
• For the Sea Bass: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Season fish with salt and pepper and coat with flour. Brush a heavy coating of the spice paste on the skin of the fish. Add 2 tablespoons of oil to a very hot oven-safe skillet and sear the fish skin side down. When the skin is crispy, place the fish in the oven for approximately 10 to 12 minutes until done. Serve with spicy fruit salsa.

MACADAMIA-CRUSTED SEA BASS WITH MANGO CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• In a food processor, combine macadamia nuts, bread crumbs, 1 teaspoon olive oil, black pepper, and red pepper flakes. Process until smooth. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine mango, cream, and lemon juice. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until thickened.
• Season fish with salt and black pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil and crushed garlic in a large skillet over medium heat. Sear the sea bass on both sides, and remove from heat.
• Transfer fish to preheated oven, and roast until cooked through. Cover the sea bass with macadamia crust, and return to the oven until crust browns. Top with the mango cream sauce.

SEARED CHILEAN SEA BASS AND LOBSTER WITH THYME SCENTED TOMATO

Steps:

• Over medium heat cook the bacon until crisp and remove the bacon.
• In the bacon fat sweat the chopped onions, garlic and ginger until soft.
• Add tomatoes and cook ten more minutes, add thyme leaves and chicken stock, simmer five minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper, place in blender, puree until smooth then pass through a fine sieve.
• Finish with one-ounce butter and adjust seasoning.
• Cook sliced onions over medium heat in oil until light brown. Boil potatoes and puree when soft. Add milk and 3 oz. butter to potatoes, stir in the caramelized onion, season with salt and pepper.
• Blanch asparagus and season.
• Season sea bass, place in hot sauté pan with a little oil and cook until golden brown on each side.
• Cooking times will vary depending on thickness of fish. Fish should be just done in center.
• Remove lobster meat from shell, season and cook in same pan until cooked through. Remove and slice into four pieces.
• In large soup bowl place a spoonful of potatoes in center, arrange four asparagus around the potatoes, place a piece of sea bass on the potatoes and a lobster medallion on the sea bass. Spoon tomato broth around the potatoes and then sprinkle fish and lobster with crisp bacon and chopped chives.