Broiled Sea Bass Or Other Fish With Olives Recipes

GRILLED SEA BASS WITH A PORTUGUESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the grill.
• Rub each fish with 2 tablespoons olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place the fish on the hot grill and grill for 4 to 5 minutes on each side, depending on the weight of each fish.
• In a saute pan, heat the remaining olive oil. When the oil is hot, saute the onions for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes, black olives and fava beans. Season with salt and pepper. Saute for 2 minutes.
• Stir in the garlic, anchovies, fresh herbs and white wine. Bring the liquid up to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Simmer for 2 minutes.
• Fold in the butter, a tablespoon at a time. Remove from the heat and season with salt and pepper.
• Spoon the sauce in the center of an oblong plate. Lay the fish directly on top of the sauce. Garnish with parsley.

BROILED WHITE SEA BASS

Steps:

• Preheat the broiler (grill).
• Position the rack 4 inches from the heat source.
• Lightly spray a baking pan with cooking spray.
• Place the fillets in the pan.
• Sprinkle the lemon juice, garlic, herbed seasoning and pepper over the fillets.
• Broil (grill) until the fish is opaque throughout when tested with a tip of a knife, about 8 to 10 minutes.
• Serve immediately.

COASTAL-STYLE ROASTED SEA BASS OR OTHER LARGE WHOLE FISH

Steps:

• Cut 3 or 4 gashes on each side of the fish, from top to bottom. Salt the gashes and salt the fish's cavity as well. Let it sit while you prepare the other ingredients. Preheat the oven to 450°F.
• Push half of the garlic slivers into the gashes. Rub the fish with a little of the olive oil and pour the rest into the bottom of a large baking pan. Spread the lemon slices over the bottom of the pan and top it with most of the oregano. Lay the fish over all, then spread the onions and remaining garlic around the fish. Pour the wine over all and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Top with the remaining oregano.
• Cover with aluminum foil and bake, undisturbed, until the onions are nearly tender, 20 to 30 minutes. Uncover and continue to bake, shaking the pan occasionally, until the fish is cooked through, another 5 to 10 minutes (look at one of the gashes in the thickest part of the fish; the meat will appear opaque clear down to the central bone). If the pan is drying out, add a little more liquid.
• To serve, scoop the flesh from the fish with a spoon and top with some sauce.
• If the weather's good, and you have access to fennel branches, this is easier: Start by preheating a charcoal or gas grill; the fire should be quite hot and the grill rack about 4 inches from the heat source. Make a bed of fennel stalks directly on the grill bed. Sprinkle 1 1/2 to 2 pounds of sturdy fish fillets, like halibut (these may be steaks), striped bass, monkfish, or cod, with salt and cayenne. Grill right on the branches. While the fish is cooking, grind a teaspoon or more of fennel or dill seeds; juice 1 lemon and thinly slice another. When the fish is done, remove it from the grill, leaving as much of the stalks behind as possible (some of the burned fronds will adhere to the fish; this is fine). Sprinkle the fish with the fennel or dill seeds, then decorate it with the lemon slices. Drizzle with the lemon juice and a bit of olive oil and serve.

BROILED MISO SEA BASS

Steps:

• Place fish fillets in a large food storage bag or bowl; set aside.
• To make your marinade.
• Combine miso, sake, sugar, ginger & olive oil in a medium bowl.
• Add marinade to the sea bass; seal and refrigerate at least 4 hours.
• Then to make your Mango vanilla sauce.
• Puree the peeled, diced mango, melted butter, whipping cream, vanilla extract, salt & pepper to taste in a blender.
• Refrigerate this sauce until ready to use.
• Place a baking pan on a rack positioned in the center of the oven.
• Heat oven to 450 degrees. Heat baking pan about 10 minutes.
• Remove pan; spray with cooking spray.
• Remove fillets from the marinade, place onto the baking pan.
• Heat broiler and broil fillets until cooked through and top is beginning to look crusty and charred, about 8-10 minutes.
• Remove fillets from oven; then transfer to a plate.
• Spoon about 2 Tblsp. of your prepared Mango Vanilla Sauce over your fish.
• Garnish with green onions and sesame seeds.

BROILED SEA BASS OR OTHER FISH WITH OLIVES

Steps:

• Preheat the broiler; adjust the rack so that it is about 4 inches from the heat source. Cut 3 or 4 gashes on each side of the fish, from top to bottom. Mix together the oil, wine, salt, pepper, thyme, and fennel in a baking pan large enough to accommodate the fish. Put the fish in the pan and rub it with the oil mixture.
• Broil the fish, adjusting the distance between it and the heat source so that it browns evenly but not too quickly. Try to turn the fish only once; total cooking time will be approximately 15 minutes.
• When the fish is done, transfer it to a platter. Working quickly, add the olives to the pan and cook on the stove over high heat, stirring, for just a minute, to heat them up and combine them with the pan juices. Spoon or pour the olive sauce over the fish, garnish, and serve with the lemon wedges.