Nantucket Striped Bass With Lemon And Dill Recipes

PAN-FRIED STRIPED BASS WITH LEMON SAUCE

Steps:

• For the sauce, whisk together: 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, 1/4 teaspoon lemon zest, 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, Salt, Fresh-ground black pepper.
• Taste for salt and lemon juice and adjust as desired. The sauce will separate as it sits; this is not a problem.
• Season: 4 pieces striped bass, skin on (4 to 6 ounces each) with: Salt, Fresh-ground black pepper.
• Choose a heavy-bottomed pan for frying the fish. Take another, slightly smaller pan that will fit into the pan for the fish, and wrap its bottom with foil. This pan will be used as a weight to hold the fish flat against the frying pan to ensure that all of the skin will cook and crisp. (You will see the fish contract when it goes into the hot pan, as the skin shrinks on contact with the heat.) Warm the larger pan over medium-high heat. When hot, pour in: Olive oil, enough to generously coat the bottom.
• Add the pieces of bass, skin side down, and place the foil-wrapped pan on top of the fish. Cook until the skin is brown and crispy, about 7 minutes. Check now and then to see that the fish is indeed browning, but not overbrowning. Adjust the heat up or down to speed up or slow down the cooking as needed. When the skin is browned, remove the top pan and turn the fish. Cook for another minute or so, until the fish is just cooked through, but is still moist and tender inside. Meanwhile whisk the lemon sauce together again and pour it onto a warm plate. Serve the fish skin side up, on top of the sauce.
• Garnish the fish with a couple spoonfuls of chopped tender herbs such as parsley, chives, chervil, cilantro, or basil.
• Soak, rinse, and squeeze dry a tablespoon or so of capers. When the fish is cooked add the capers to the hot pan and sauté for a minute or two. Remove with a slotted spoon and scatter over the fish.
• Make a Beurre Blanc (Warm Butter Sauce; page 228) instead of the olive oil sauce.

SALT-BAKED STRIPED BASS WITH HERBS AND LEMON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix together salt and egg whites until well combined. Spoon 3 cups of the salt mixture on prepared baking sheet to make a bed for the fish. Place fish on top of salt mixture and place half of the dill, parsley, and lemon inside the cavity of fish. Top fish with remaining dill, parsley, and lemon; cover with remaining salt mixture, mounding on top and keeping the shape of the fish, leaving the tail exposed.
• Transfer fish to oven and bake until salt becomes light golden, 35 to 40 minutes. Using the back of a spoon, gently crack salt crust to expose fish; brush off remaining salt and transfer to a serving platter. Serve immediately with remoulade.

GRILLED STRIPED BASS WITH LEMON AND FENNEL

Steps:

• Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat). Whisk first 3 ingredients in medium bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Make three 1/2-inch-deep diagonal slits in skin on each side of fish. Brush fish generously inside and out with garlic oil. Sprinkle fish inside and out with coarse salt. Stuff slits with half of fennel fronds. Place remaining fennel fronds inside fish. Place fish in grilling basket. Top fish with lemon slices, overlapping slightly. Close grilling basket (fish and lemon slices should be secured by basket). Grill fish until cooked through, about 10 minutes per side. Remove fish with lemon slices from basket and carefully transfer to platter. Serve.

NANTUCKET STRIPED BASS WITH LEMON AND DILL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Place bass in a glass baking pan.
• Combine lemon juice and 1 tablespoon dill in a small bowl; pour over bass. Marinate at room temperature, at least 10 minutes.
• Bake in the preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 8 minutes.
• Combine the remaining dill, mayonnaise, mustard, and pepper together in a bowl. Mix and smear sauce over the bass. Sprinkle bass with bread crumbs to make crust. Sprinkle butter slices on top.
• Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• Broil bass on high until crust is crispy and golden brown, about 3 minutes.

BAKED SEA BASS WITH WALNUT-BREADCRUMB CRUST AND LEMON-DILL SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 13 x 9 x 2- inch baking pan. Arrange fillets in prepared pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Mix breadcrumbs and walnuts in processor. Using on/off turns, process until nuts are finely chopped. Transfer to bowl. Mix in butter, horseradish and mustard. Stir in cheese and parsley. Gently press crumb mixture onto fillets. Drizzle 1 teaspoon olive oil over each. Bake until fillets are cooked through, about 15 minutes.
• Preheat broiler. Broil fish until crust is golden, watching closely to avoid burning, about 2 minutes. Transfer to plates. Serve fish with Lemon-Dill Sauce.

NANTUCKET STRIPED BASS WITH LEMON AND DILL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Place bass in a glass baking pan.
• Combine lemon juice and 1 tablespoon dill in a small bowl; pour over bass. Marinate at room temperature, at least 10 minutes.
• Bake in the preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 8 minutes.
• Combine the remaining dill, mayonnaise, mustard, and pepper together in a bowl. Mix and smear sauce over the bass. Sprinkle bass with bread crumbs to make crust. Sprinkle butter slices on top.
• Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• Broil bass on high until crust is crispy and golden brown, about 3 minutes.

PAN-COOKED BASS WITH DILL AND CUCUMBER

Steps:

• Melt butter in a 12-inch heavy nonstick skillet, then remove from heat and cool. Put fillets, flesh sides down, in butter, then turn over so skin sides are down. Sprinkle fish with salt (1/2 teaspoon), pepper (1/4 teaspoon), and 1 tablespoon dill. Arrange cucumber slices overlapping on fish (like scales) and season with salt and pepper. Cover fish directly with a piece of buttered parchment paper (buttered side down) large enough to cover it, then tightly cover skillet with lid or foil.
• Cook fish over moderately high heat until just cooked through, 3 to 5 minutes, depending on thickness of fish. Remove parchment and sprinkle fish with remaining 1/2 tablespoon dill and drizzle with some pan juices.

NANTUCKET STRIPED BASS WITH LEMON AND DILL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Place bass in a glass baking pan.
• Combine lemon juice and 1 tablespoon dill in a small bowl; pour over bass. Marinate at room temperature, at least 10 minutes.
• Bake in the preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 8 minutes.
• Combine the remaining dill, mayonnaise, mustard, and pepper together in a bowl. Mix and smear sauce over the bass. Sprinkle bass with bread crumbs to make crust. Sprinkle butter slices on top.
• Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• Broil bass on high until crust is crispy and golden brown, about 3 minutes.