Red Snapper Chowder Recipes

CURRIED CARROT AND RED SNAPPER CHOWDER

Steps:

• Put the broth ingredients, except carrot juice, in a large pot. Add 6 quarts of cold water and bring to a boil over high heat. Lower the heat and simmer, until reduced to 2 1/2 quarts, about 2 to 3 hours. Strain through a sieve lined with cheesecloth. Combine the carrot juice or grated carrots and 1 1/2 quarts of broth in a blender. Purée until liquefied. Strain. Set aside.
• Heat 1 teaspoon of the olive oil in a saucepan. Add the onion and garlic. Cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Add the curry powder and continue cooking for 3 minutes, stirring often. Add the carrot broth, 3 cups of celery root and 2 cups of the potatoes. Simmer for 15 minutes. Purée in a blender or food processor until smooth. Strain into a clean saucepan.
• Heat the remaining olive oil in a skillet. Fry the celery leaves until crisp. Drain on paper towels. Score the carrots lengthwise with a channel knife. Cut into very thin slices crosswise. Set aside in a bowl of ice water.
• Warm the soup over medium-low heat, but do not allow it to boil. Add the remaining celery root and potatoes. Simmer until tender, about 3 to 5 minutes. Add the fish and scored carrots. Season to taste with salt and pepper and simmer gently until the fish is cooked through, about 3 minutes. Ladle into 4 warmed soup bowls. Garnish with fried celery and serve.

ROMAN-ESCO (ITALIAN ROMESCO) WITH RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• Place peppers and coarsely chopped tomato in food processor with bread, pine nuts, garlic, rosemary, chopped parsley and vinegar. Turn processor on and stream in 1/4 to 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil to form a thick sauce.
• Place 2 tablespoons olive oil into a shallow saute pan and add the rosemary sprig. This will infuse the oil before adding the fish.
• Season snapper with salt and pepper and score skin side with cross hatches. Dredge the fish in flour and cook in the rosemary-infused olive oil for 7 to 8 minutes until crispy and golden on both sides. Serve fish in a pool of the sauce.

BOOKBINDER RED SNAPPER SOUP

Steps:

• To make soup base, heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat; add carrots, celery, garlic, onion, red bell pepper, and green bell pepper; cook, stirring frequently, about 4 minutes.
• Stir in peppercorns, bay leaf, tomato paste, thyme, rosemary, and cilantro; cook 2 minutes and add 7 cups of the vegetable broth; heat to boil.
• Melt butter in a small saucepan; add flour and cornstarch, cook, stirring constantly, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Slowly whisk in remaining 1 cup broth until mixture is smooth; add mixture to soup base; cover and simmer over medium-low heat 20 minutes.
• Taste and adjust seasonings.
• Strain through a fine-mesh sieve or cheesecloth; discard solids and return broth to pot.
• To make snapper, heat water to boil in a medium-sized saucepan over medium-high heat; add onions and celery; blanch until soft, about 3 minutes.
• Remove with a slotted spoon and add to broth.
• Boil fish in the same water until cooked through.
• Remove fish from water; flake very finely with a fork.
• Stir snapper and sherry, if desired, into soup base; heat through.

PAN SEARED RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• Rinse snapper under cold water, and pat dry. In a shallow bowl, mix together olive oil, lemon juice, rice vinegar, mustard, honey, green onions, and ginger.
• Heat a non-stick skillet over medium heat. Dip snapper fillets in marinade to coat both sides, and place in skillet. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes on each side. Pour remaining marinade into skillet. Reduce heat, and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes, or until fish flakes easily with a fork.