Tilapia Florentine Food

TILAPIA FLORENTINE

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, cook spinach in 4 teaspoons oil until wilted; drain. Meanwhile, place tilapia in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Drizzle with lime juice and remaining oil. Sprinkle with seasoning blend. , In a small bowl, combine the egg, ricotta cheese and spinach; spoon over fillets. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. , Bake at 375° for 15-20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

TILAPIA FETA FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic in the hot oil until onion is soft, about 5 minutes. Add spinach to skillet; cook and stir until spinach is wilted and cooked down, 5 more minutes. Stir olives, feta cheese, lemon rind, salt, oregano, and white pepper into spinach. Cook until feta cheese has melted and flavors have blended, about 5 more minutes.
• Spread spinach mixture into a 9x13-inch baking dish. Arrange tilapia fillets over spinach mixture. Mix butter and lemon juice in a small bowl and drizzle over fish; sprinkle with paprika.
• Bake fish in the preheated oven until the flesh is opaque and flakes easily, 20 to 25 minutes.

CONFETTI TILAPIA PACKETS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute the green pepper, onions, bacon and celery until vegetables are tender and bacon is crisp; drain. Add the tomato, salt and pepper; heat through., Place each fillet on a double thickness of heavy-duty foil (about 12 in. square). Drizzle fillets with lemon juice. Top with vegetable mixture. Fold foil around fish and seal tightly. , Grill, covered, over medium-hot heat for 15-20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Open foil carefully to allow steam to escape.

TILAPIA FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°F. Spray 11x7-inch pan with cooking spray.
• Place fish fillets in pan. In small bowl, mix mayonnaise, 2 teaspoons lemon juice, the mustard, tarragon and lemon-pepper seasoning until blended. Spread mayonnaise mixture evenly over fish fillets. Sprinkle with bread crumbs.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until fish flakes easily with fork.
• Meanwhile, in 12-inch skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Cook mushrooms in oil about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened. Stir in 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Gradually stir in spinach. Cook about 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, just until spinach is wilted. Sprinkle with salt.
• To serve, place spinach on each fish fillet.

FLOUNDER FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cook the spinach according to package instructions. Drain well and squeeze out any excess water.
• Heat oil and butter in a large saute pan (ovenproof is good).
• Add the minced onion and mushrooms. Saute till softened.
• Add the spinach and stir well till heated through. Add salt and pepper to taste. If using the same pan, separate spinach into the same amounts as you have fish. Usually 4 or 5 sections if the fish is small. Or you can use a pyrex 9 X 18 oven proof dish. Place fish over spinach and sprinkle with paprika. Bake till fish flakes easily. About 30 minutes. Squeeze lemon juice over and serve.

TILAPIA WITH A FLORENTINE FLAIR

Steps:

• Beat the egg together with the paprika
• Mix the lemon zest and the parsley together with the breadcrumbs
• Dip the tilapia fillets first in the egg mixture, and then dredge in the breadcrumbs
• Heat a skillet over medium high heat
• Fry the fish in the oil or butter for about 4 minutes per side, or until cooked through (I like my fish more well done than most people)
• Remove from the pan and keep warm
• Dip the portobello mushrooms in the egg and then dredge with the breadcrumbs
• Fry the mushrooms as you did the fish, about 3 minutes per side
• Remove from the pan and keep warm
• Peel and cube the potatoes, boil for about 15 minutes
• Drain the potatoes and mash them together with the butter and cream
• Add salt and pepper to taste
• Heat the thawed spinach in either a saucepan or in the microwave
• Mix the spinach in with the potatoes, taste to see if you need more salt and pepper
• Divide the potatoes into 4 portions and make a bed of mashed potatoes on each plate
• Top each bed with a portobello mushroom
• Top each mushroom with a piece of tilapia
• Dust with additional lemon zest and parsley, if desired