Sea Bass W Mediterranean Vegetables And Bouillabaisse Sauce Al Food

BAKED SEA BASS WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350F.
• Boil the potatoes for 10 minutes, then drain the water and leave to cool. Once it is cool enough to handle, cut potatoes in half and slice thinly.
• While the potatoes are boiling, heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a large, heavy pan. Stir in the chopped onions and cook until soft, for 3 -4 minutes. Add the chopped garlic and tomatoes and cook over medium low heat for 3 minutes. Pour in the water and lemon juice. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Cook gently for another 2 minutes on low and heat and leave to cool.
• Grease a baking dish with the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil and place the fish fillets and potato slices in the dish, coat them with the olive oil. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• Spread the tomato and onion mixture over the fish fillets and place the potato slices alongside the fish. Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil and bake in the oven for about 20 - 25 minutes.
• Once cooked, take the foil off and sprinkle chopped parsley and red pepper flakes over the fish. Serve immediately with wedges of lemon by the side.

SEA BASS WITH LEMON AND CAPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Season sea bass fillets with salt and pepper. In a saute pan, over high heat, add the olive oil and sear fish fillets skin side down first, for 3 minutes or until golden brown. Turn fish over and cook another 4 minutes or until cooked through.
• Meanwhile, prepare the croutons. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter. Toss with bread cubes and transfer to a baking sheet. Bake in oven for 4 minutes or until crisp and golden in color. Transfer to a small bowl and set aside.
• In another saute pan, heat 2 tablespoons of butter. Over high heat, saute the baby vegetables until glazed. Divide into 2 and mound in center of plate. Keep warm.
• Add the remaining 2 ounces of butter to the fillets and baste them with the butter. Place a fillet and the red peppers on top of the vegetables. Sprinkle half of the croutons on top and around each fillet. To butter, add shallots and continue to cook until butter turns brown. Deglaze with lemon juice, and add the lemon pieces, parsley, chives, tarragon, capers, and caper berries. When heated, pour half over and around each fillet. Serve immediately.
• Note: if sea bass is not available, any firm white fish can be substituted.

BLACK SEA BASS WITH SCALLOPS IN BOUILLABAISSE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a saucepan large enough to hold the fillets of fish in one layer. Add the onion, leeks and garlic. Cook and stir over medium heat until wilted. Do not brown. Add the tomatoes, saffron, fish broth, wine, bay leaf, fennel, thyme, Tabasco, salt and pepper. Cook over medium-high heat for about 5 minutes.
• Add the fish fillets in one layer. Add the scallops around the fillets and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes or until done. Do not overcook. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve immediately.

BAKED SEA BASS IN WHITE WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375*. Butter an oven dish. Dry the fish and season it well inside and out with salt and pepper. Place it in the buttered dish and spread with onion, parsley, garlic and mushrooms. Dot well with the remaining butter except for the 1 Tblsp. and pour the wine over all.
• Bake 40-45 minutes, basting frequently. Remove the fish to a heated platter. Add the 1 Tblsp. of cold butter to the sauce in the baking dish. Do not heat. Pour sauce over fish without straining.
• Decorate, if desired, with lemon and additional chopped parsley.

DECONSTRUCTED BOUILLABAISSE

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp olive oil over medium-high heat in a wide 2-qt saucepan. When it shimmers, add onion and fennel. Season with salt and pepper, and sweat 2-3 minutes. Add garlic and sweat another 2-3 minutes.
• Add the drained tomatoes and the wine. Raise heat to high and boil 2 minutes until wine begins to reduce.
• Add fish stock, saffron and bay leaf; bring back to the boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes. Adjust seasoning.
• Pick over mussels, discarding any which are already open. Add mussels and shrimp to broth and stir. Cook 3 minutes until shrimp are pink and mussels open (discard any which remain closed).
• Salt and pepper both sides of the sea bass. Coat the bottom of a large nonstick skillet with olive oil. Heat oil over medium-high heat until it shimmers. Add the fish and cook 3-4 minutes on each side, until golden.
• Arrange baguette slices on a cookie sheet and bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 10 minutes until dry and golden; watch carefully to prevent overcooking.
• In a mini-food-processor, combine mayonnaise, garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, roasted red peppers, salt and black pepper. Process until smooth.
• Using wide, shallow bowls, place 3 mussels and 3 rock shrimp in each bowl. Place a mound of vegetables in the center of the dish, and top with 1 piece of sea bass. Ladle broth around the fish and top with a fennel frond. Serve with rouille and toasts.

SEA BASS W/ MEDITERRANEAN VEGETABLES AND BOUILLABAISSE SAUCE (AL

Steps:

• Tomato confit:
• Preheat the oven on its very lowest setting.
• Plunge the tomatoes in boiling water for a few seconds, then pass them immediately under cold, running water.
• Peel, cut into quarters and deseed.
• Arrange the tomatoes on a baking sheet or ovenproof dish.
• Drizzle lightly with olive oil.
• Peel and crush the garlic clove and sprinkle over the tomatoes.
• Tear off the thyme leaves and sprinkle them over the tomatoes.
• Roast in the oven for 2 hours.
• Bouillabaisse sauce:.
• Peel and mince the onion.
• Dice the leek and fennel.
• Peel and mince the garlic.
• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a skillet over a high heat.
• Fry the onion, leek, fennel and garlic until golden.
• Add the saffron, crumbled thyme and dried fennel.
• Add the wine, scraping the base of the pan with a spatula, and cook until the wine has completely evaporated.
• Add the fish stock and reduce by two thirds.
• Add the rest of the oil in a steady stream, while stirring to create a smooth emulsion.
• Season and leave to stand at room temperature.
• Vegetable salsa:
• Soak the raisins in the vinegar.
• Dice the onion, zucchini and eggplant and lightly brown each vegetable separately in a nonstick skillet.
• Mix the vegetables with the minced garlic, raisins, pine nuts, capers, shredded basil and coarsely chopped parsley.
• Season the sea bass fillets. Make diagonal incisions at regular intervals along the skin side.
• Seal the fish, skin side downwards for 5 minutes over a medium heat in a nonstick skillet with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Cook for 1 minute on the other side.
• Deep fry the parsley leaves at 350°F
• Briefly fry the vegetable salsa in a little olive oil over a very high heat
• Divide the salsa between the 4 plates and arrange the fish on top.
• Garnish each plate with 2 pieces of tomato confit and fried parsley. Surround with bouillabaisse sauce.
• Serve immediately.