Pan Roasted White Bass Sand Bass With Wine Butter Sauce Recipes

ROASTED SEA BASS WITH WHITE PORT

Steps:

• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Add mushrooms, shallots, salt, and pepper, and cook until soft, about 10 minutes. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Raise heat to high, add Port, and reduce by half. Add clam juice or fish stock and reduce again by half. Add cream and reduce one more time by half. Remove from heat, strain sauce, and stir in peppers and olives. Reserve in a warm place.
• Season fillets all over with salt and pepper. Melt remaining 4 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over high heat. Saute fish for 1 minute. Turn over, transfer to oven, and bake, uncovered, for 3 to 5 minutes. Arrange fish on individual plates. Spoon on warm sauce and garnish with julienned prosciutto. Serve immediately.

PAN ROASTED WHITE BASS (SAND BASS) WITH WINE BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Wash fish and pat dry.
• Spread flour on a plate.
• Salt the fish and then dredge in flour, coating entirely. Allow to rest for 20 minutes.
• Heat olive oil over high heat in a sauté pan large enough to hold both fish without crowding.
• When the oil is very hot but not yet smoking, add garlic and toss the garlic around for a minute.
• Place fish in the pan and brown 1-1/2 minutes on each side.
• Lower heat to medium, cover and roast for about 10 minutes, turning the fish once.
• Remove to a warmed side plate.
• (Note that the 10 minute cooking time is for fish about 1" thick at its thickest part. For thinner or thicker fish adjust the time accordingly.)
• Add wine, raise heat to high and quickly reduce to a syrupy consistency, scraping all around the pan to loosen browned bits clinging to the pot.
• Add the butter and swirl to melt and blend.
• Correct seasoning and pour sauce over fish.
• Garnish with additional oregano and lemon slices.

BAKED SEA BASS IN WHITE WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375*. Butter an oven dish. Dry the fish and season it well inside and out with salt and pepper. Place it in the buttered dish and spread with onion, parsley, garlic and mushrooms. Dot well with the remaining butter except for the 1 Tblsp. and pour the wine over all.
• Bake 40-45 minutes, basting frequently. Remove the fish to a heated platter. Add the 1 Tblsp. of cold butter to the sauce in the baking dish. Do not heat. Pour sauce over fish without straining.
• Decorate, if desired, with lemon and additional chopped parsley.