Farm Raised Snapper With Fennel Scallions And Red Pepper Recipes

RED SNAPPER WITH FENNEL & MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Rinse the fish well.
• Cut 3 or 4 gashes on each side of the fish, from top to bottom Salt the gashes and the cavity.
• Heat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Push half the garlic slivers into the gashes.
• Rub the fish with a little olive oil and pour the rest on the bottom of a baking pan.
• Spread the lemon slices on the bottom of the pan, top the lemon slices with 1/2 of the sliced fennel.
• Place the fish on the fennel, spread the tomatoes, mushrooms, wine or stock over and around the fish.
• Add salt& pepper and the remaining fennel.
• Cover with aluminium foil and back for 20-30 minutes.
• Uncover and sprinkle the chopped feathery tops over the fish, continue baking until done apprx 5-10 minutes.
• To serve scoop the flesh from the fish with a spoon and top with the veggies and sauce.

ROASTED FENNEL AND PEPPERS

Steps:

• Place the fennel, peppers, onion and garlic in a 15x10x1-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. Drizzle with oil; sprinkle with salt, pepper and rubbed sage. Toss to coat., Bake, uncovered, at 425° until tender, 20-25 minutes, stirring twice. Garnish with fresh sage if desired.

RED SNAPPER WITH FENNEL AND GARLIC

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Spray a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Heat 4 tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in 3 cloves minced garlic, fennel, and minced shallot. Cook and stir until the fennel has begun to soften, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Transfer vegetables to a bowl, and stir in chopped parsley. Reserve cooking oil.
• Season the fish all over with salt and pepper to taste, then stuff snapper with fennel mixture. Use kitchen twine to tie the snapper together in three places. Place the snapper into the prepared baking dish, drizzle with the white wine, lemon juice, and reserved oil. Sprinkle with 3 tablespoons of garlic.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the fish is no longer translucent, and flakes easily with a fork, about 20 minutes.

RED SNAPPER FILLETS WITH THYME AND YELLOW PEPPER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees
• Wipe the fillets dry and sprinkle with vinegar and oil. Set aside.
• Make the yellow pepper sauce. Combine garlic, shallots, yellow peppers, fish stock and wine in a saucepan, simmer 10 to 15 minutes, or until the peppers are soft. Puree in food processor, season, set aside.
• Butter a shallow baking pan large enough to hold the fillets comfortably in overlapping layers. Sprinkle with the scallions, shallots, one tablespoon thyme and red pepper flakes. Place the fish on top, add the stock, wine, salt and pepper. Bake 10 to 15 minutes, or until fish is cooked.
• Remove snapper fillets from baking pan and place on a heated serving dish. Add cooking juices to the yellow pepper sauce and reduce until thickened. Correct seasoning and pour into a heated sauceboat.
• Sprinkle the fish fillets with the remaining thyme and serve.

FARM-RAISED SNAPPER WITH FENNEL, SCALLIONS, AND RED PEPPER

Steps:

• Slice the fennel very thin. If you have a mandoline, that will do the job well. Heat the oil in a small frying pan, and scatter the fennel pieces in. Salt and pepper lightly, and cook over very low heat; if the fennel seems to be browning and drying out, add a little water. When it begins to soften, after about 5 minutes, clear the bottom of the pan and lay in the snapper, salted and peppered lightly. Sprinkle on the scallions, the herbes de Provence, and scatter the red pepper on top. Pour in the wine, and braise for 5-6 minutes, covered, turning once, and adding the olives during the last minute of cooking. Garnish with chopped parsley and fennel leaves.
• If your eyes were bigger than your tummy, which often happens to me, retrieve a piece of the fish, preferably a thinner, side piece that cooks faster, and make this fish salad: Cut the cooked fish into bite-sized pieces, and dress it with Winter Green Sauce (page 159). Surround it with some cucumbers and tomatoes and more olives, as well as a hard-boiled egg and some tart greens, for a most satisfying lunch.