Suzanne Harts Bluefish With Garlic Mayonnaise Food

SEA BASS WITH WILD GARLIC MAYONNAISE

Steps:

• To make the wild garlic mayo, heat the oil in a pan, then tip into a blender with the wild garlic. Blend for 2 mins, then pass the oil through a sieve into a jug. Put the yolk in a medium bowl with the mustard. Gradually whisk the green oil into the yolk until it thickens. Whisk in the anchovies and a pinch of salt. Put in the fridge. Can be made a day ahead.
• Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan and add the fish, skin-side down. Season with salt and cook over a medium heat for 4 mins, pressing down with a spatula, until the flesh has changed colour and the edges look golden. Turn over and cook for another 1 min. Once cooked, put on a serving plate, spoon on the mayo and serve with lemon wedges.

BROILED BLUEFISH WITH TOMATO AND HERBS

Steps:

• Preheat broiler. Line rack of a broiler pan with foil.
• Put fish skin sides down on foil and sprinkle with pepper and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
• Whisk together mayonnaise, lemon juice, dill, and chives in a small bowl. Spread evenly over fish, then cover with tomato slices, overlapping slightly, and sprinkle with remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt.
• Broil fish 3 to 4 inches from heat until just cooked through, 12 to 15 minutes.

CREAMY BARBECUED BLUEFISH

Steps:

• Start grill or preheat oven to 450 degrees. Rinse fillets, and pat dry. Season liberally with salt and pepper. Take two large sheets of aluminum foil and curl up the edges, making a tray large enough to hold fish and other ingredients. Rub foil with olive oil.
• Spread a third of the onion slices on the foil, followed by a third of the tomato slices. Place fillets over tomato and onion layers. Place remaining onion over fillets, and dot evenly with mayonnaise.
• Dot cream cheese pieces over onions. Squeeze juice of intact half lemon over everything. Remove stray lemon pits. Place remaining tomatoes over onions and fish. Salt again. Lay lemon slices over and around fish.
• Cover loosely with foil, and place on hot grill or in oven. Cook 12 to 15 minutes, or until fish is cooked through. Remove foil tray from grill or oven, and dot fish with butter. Serve with some of the juices.

BLUEFISH DIJONNAISE

Steps:

• Place a large cast-iron griddle or ovenproof skillet under the broiler and preheat until very hot, at least 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine the mayonnaise, mustard and thyme in a small bowl.
• Generously season the fillets with salt and pepper. Paint one side of each fillet thickly with the mustard mixture.
• Place the fish in the skillet, painted side up, and broil until the coating is brown and bubbling, 3 to 4 minutes.

BAKED BLUEFISH

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 450 degrees Trim dark areas from bluefish filets. Rinse under cold water and pat dry. Place filets on sheet pan skin side down and slather generous even coating of mayonaise on top of fish. Salt and pepper and geneous sqweeze of lemon juice. Place in top third of hot oven and bake until bubbly and brown on top about 10 minutes depending on thinkness.

SUZANNE HART'S BLUEFISH WITH GARLIC MAYONNAISE

Steps:

• Preheat the broiler to high.
• Broil the garlic cloves until they are tender, peel the skins and mash to a paste.
• Add the paste, vermouth and horseradish to the mayonnaise. Stir in the cream and blend well.
• Select a flame-proof baking dish large enough to hold fish in one layer. Coat both sides of the fillets with the garlic mayonnaise and place in the dish, skin side down. Place under broiler about 5 inches from the heat. Cook 5 to 7 minutes, depending on the thickness of the fillet. The fish is done when it flakes easily with a fork.
• Sprinkle with tarragon and serve immediately. Serve additional garlic mayonnaise on the side.